India says its aerial strikes on terror camps in Pakistan was “absolutely necessary” in view of the “imminent dangers” of new suicide attacks in India for which Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was preparing.

Indian jets conducted air strikes against a militant camp in Pakistani territory, India's foreign secretary says, and an Indian government source claimed 300 militants had been killed, but Pakistan denied there had been any casualties.

A strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children yesterday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the attack.

RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirms. The strikes come hours after MPs voted in favour of UK air strikes in Syria.

A US air strike hits a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Afghan city of Kunduz, killing at least nine people in what the US military called possible "collateral damage" in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents.

Russia appears to have begun carrying out air strikes in Syria against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, a US defence official says.

Syrian government war planes have launched one of the heaviest bombardments yet on the city of Palmyra, which is held by Islamic State (IS) militants, activists say.

A nurse who said he was forced to work with the so-called Islamic State is thought to be returning to Australia.