Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.

Islamic militants are again being blamed for an attack on the Indonesian police after four men were shot dead and one arrested after killing one police officer and wounding two.

In the first public speech outside Britain by a serving head of MI5, Andrew Parker told European spy chiefs Islamic State militants are plotting "devastating and more complex attacks"

Family dies in attack but eight-year-old child survives, while at least one police officer dies and several other victims are wounded a day after an Islamic militant family is blamed for bombing three churches in country's second city, killing 13.

And they reveal that he was known to be a possible threat to national security.

So-called Islamic State claim respnsibility, but police say they suspect the bombers are members of a homegrown group inspired by IS.

Le Pen is facing charges of circulating "violent messages that incite terrorism or pornography or seriously harm human dignity".

The Islamic militant group Boko Haram is believed to be behind the attack in the northern state of Borno

The Grand Mosque in Brussels is the largest mosque in Belgium and for almost 40 years it's been run by Saudi Arabia. Now that's coming to an end, over concerns that Riyadh's Salafist influence is breeding radicalism in the community.

David Haines’ widow says she hopes the two British Islamic State militants captured in Syria last month will be tried and jailed for life.

The FBI says it has foiled a plot to launch an attack on a popular San Francisco tourist destination in the days before Christmas.

At least nine people are dead and dozens injured in a joint suicide bomb and gun attack

US backed Syrian forces celebrate after they take Raqqa from so-called Islamic State fighters.

A 24-year-old Moroccan resident of Spain was detained as investigators look into his role in acquiring bomb making materials.