Syria

Islamists down Syrian government aircraft capturing pilot

Islamist rebels have shot down a Syrian government aircraft over Aleppo. Reports suggest that militants from the Nusra Front have captured the pilot

05/04/2016

World News

Brussels: the latest

Death toll rises, more terrrorism charges, airport remains closed for the moment

28/03/2016

Pakistan

Lockdown in Lahore in aftermath of deadly bombing

Suicide bombers say they are sending a message to the government by targeting Christians in a public park

28/03/2016

Belgium

Brussels mayor deplores 'hooligans' who disrupted Place de la Bourse

Several hundred protesters, many of whom appeared to be right-wing nationalists, disrupted a vigil in central Brussels being held to honour the

27/03/2016

World News

Terror investigation: four more detained in Belgium

Belgian police have detained four more people in anti-terror raids in several cities, following Tuesday’s bomb attacks in Brussels, prosecutors say

27/03/2016

Belgium

Brussels riot police use water cannon to break up protest

with Brussels reporting by James Franey Riot police in Brussels on Sunday deployed water cannon to break up an apparent far-right demonstration in

27/03/2016

Syria

Palmyra recaptured from ISIL, military source

"After heavy fighting during the night, the army is in full control of Palmyra -- both the ancient site and the residential neighbourhoods," a military source said.

27/03/2016

World News

Is charged Brussels suspect Fayçal C mystery airport 'man in the hat'?

Is the man charged in Belgium on Saturday with “terrorist murder” the “man in the hat” filmed at Brussels airport with the two suicide bombers

26/03/2016

Belgium

Pressure mounts on Belgian authorities over victims' identification

Pressure is growing on Belgian authorities to speed up the identification of scores of people injured, missing or killed in Tuesday’s terror attacks

25/03/2016

Syria

US military 'killed several key ISIL terrorists this week' - Ash Carter

Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, one of the Islamic State (ISIL) group’s purported top commanders, has been killed in a US military operation in

25/03/2016

Belgium

The Brussels terrorist network

Following Tuesday’s Islamic State attacks in Brussels, below is a list of the principal suspects and their links to the Nov. 13 Paris attacks

25/03/2016

Belgium

Brussels: three arrested in major police operations

Three people have been arrested in major police operations in Brussels. The Belgian prosecutor’s office confirmed three people had been detained in

25/03/2016

USA

US ISIL recruiter is jailed for 22 years

A court in New York state jailed a local man for over 22 years on Thursday for trying to recruit fighters to join ISIL in Syria. The sentence handed

18/03/2016

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast attacks: fuller picture emerges after bloodbath

African country is left reeling after its first attack by Islamic militants

14/03/2016

World News

Journalist group comes under attack en-route to Chechnya

Journalists and human rights activists heading to Chechnya on a press trip have been attacked and their minibus set on fire. That is according to the

10/03/2016

Germany

European security services uncover 'ISIL recruitment forms'

European security services have obtained the details of thousands of ISIL fighters from forms they filled in when joining the group. The German

08/03/2016

Mali

Mali: 'Irreparable cultural damage' caused by Ahmad Al-Mahdi Al-Faqi - ICC

The destruction of religious sites in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu has caused irreparable damage to Africa’s cultural heritage, prosecutors at

01/03/2016

World News

Libya: Islamist fighters are pushed back in Benghazi

Relieved residents have been celebrating in Benghazi after Islamist militants were forced out of parts of the eastern Libyan city by forces loyal to

24/02/2016

Syria

A deadly day in Syria as dozens die in Damascus and Homs

It is feared dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Syrian city of Homs and the capital, Damascus.

21/02/2016

United Kingdom

Jailed for joining ISIL - British woman gets six years after returning from Syria

A twenty-six year-old British mother who took her toddler son to Syria has been jailed for six years for belonging to the jihadist group

02/02/2016