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Ruqia Hassan: Isis executes defiant female citizen journalist in Raqqa for 'spying'
Ruqia Hassan, who went under the pseudonym "Nisan Ibrahim", wrote about daily life under Isis on her Facebook.
To defeat Isis we need to hit them where it hurts – in their pockets
Almost 15 years since 9/11 the disruption of terrorist financing seems as elusive as ever.
Refugee crisis: 'UK must accept 3,000 children at risk from prostitution and drug trade'
Government faces second attack of the week over handling of the refugee crisis.
Isis video: London cab driver says boy in Daesh video is grandson 'I can't disown'
Henry Dare is the father of Grace Dare, now known as Khadija, mum of child in latest gruesome Daesh video
Iran-Saudi Arabia row: Syria and Yemen could prove the biggest victims in the Middle East Cold War
Riyadh and Tehran will continue to settle scores in brutal regional conflicts.
Labour reshuffle: Will shadow cabinet ministers who backed Syrian air strikes be affected?
Corbyn is reportedly planning to start his shadow cabinet reshuffle on the night of 4 January.
Isis execution video: David Cameron calls footage of 'British spies' murders 'desperate stuff'
The PM said the video was a sign of the pressure being exerted on Islamic State (IS) by the UK and its allies.
Refugee crisis: Leading charities condemn David Cameron's 'inadequate' response
Letter signed by 27 agencies says UK response to crisis is 'too slow, too low and too narrow'.
Isis: 15-year-old thrown from roof for being gay while Daesh chief he's caught with is spared
The man accused of having relations with the teenager was simply demoted and send to fight.
Munich terror threat: German police searching for up to 7 terror plot suspects
Bavarian interior minister insists that Munich rail station closures were 'right decision'.
Isis: Austrian poster girl for Daesh 'forced into sexual slavery' before her death
Samra Kesinovic and Sabina Selimovic, both of Bosnian heritage, disappeared from their homes in Austria in 2014.
Craig Wallace: Muslim convert jailed for misogynist Facebook threats against Tory MP Charlotte Leslie
Wallace, 23, has been sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment for the social media posts.
Refugee crisis: 1 million people arrived in Europe on a perilous sea crossing in 2015
Recent figures revealed the number of refugees arriving by land or sea exceeded a million.
Syria: Devastating aftermath of helicopter barrel bombs and Russian air strikes caught on video
Footage also shows rescue workers assisting people who were trapped in debris following an air strike.
Russia: Two women jailed for funding Isis
Official records show nearly 2,900 Russians are fighting or have fought for the terror group in Iraq and Syria.
Isis: Two Daesh leaders behind Paris attacks killed in air strikes
External operations leaders among 10 killed in the past month, claims Pentagon.
Alan Kurdi: Syrian toddler's relatives thank Canada for 'setting an example to the world'
Body of three-year-old Alan was photographed washed up on a Turkish beach earlier this year.
Isis: France and Syria most deadly countries for journalists in wake of Charlie Hebdo and Daesh slayings
The Committee to Protect Journalists found that 69 reporters were killed around the world in 2015.
Iraq's victory over Isis in Ramadi is pivotal but Daesh are far from beaten
Iraq taking back the IS stronghold of Mosul is still a long way off.
Germany to spend £12.5bn on refugees in 2016
Spending on refugees to surge after more than one million entered the country in 2015.
Syria: Second century Roman theatre in Bosra damaged during war
Some parts of the Roman theatre at the ancient city of Bosra in Southern Syria have been severely damaged.
War on Isis: Iraq forces raise flag above Ramadi after routing Daesh
Video footage shows Iraq army raise flag after capturing city from Isis militants.
Syria: Up to 32 dead and 90 others injured following multiple bomb blasts in the city of Homs
At least one car bomb and suicide attack struck the Zahra district in the city centre.
Germany recruits 8,500 teachers to deal with influx of refugee children
More than 8,000 specially tailored classes have been created to help them catch up with German students.
Isis: Anti-Daesh film-maker murdered in Turkey
Syrian activist Naji Jerf was assassinated in Gazientep city on 27 December.
Syria: Besieged Isis, al-Qaeda and al-Nusra fighters in limbo after rebel leader Zahran Alloush killed
Evacuation of fighters and civilians cannot be guaranteed after Jaysh al-Islam leader's death.
Syria conflict: Essam al-Buwaydhani named leader of rebel group Army of Islam
Essam al-Buwaydhani will succeed Zahran Allouch, who was killed in an air strike.
Syria: Assad regime 'ready to participate' in peace talks
Foreign minister Walid Muallem made the comments during a press conference in China
Syria: Russian air strikes have killed 'at least 200 civilians'
Russia has maintained that it has only attacked 'terrorist' targets in Syria.
Britons with dual nationality denied visa-free travel to US from 2016 in 'anti-terrorist' crackdown
Move will hit Britons with Iranian, Syria, Iraqi or Sudanese dual nationality.