A car bombing claimed by Islamic State kills three people on Friday outside the US consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to execute the remaining war crimes trial verdicts saying Bangladesh war criminals committed much more heinous crimes than Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.

Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of its territory in Iraq since US-led coalition air strikes began in August, the Pentagon has said.

The suspected mass graves of up to 1,700 captured Iraqi soldiers killed by IS militants have been found in the city of Tikrit.

The Iraqi government declares a "magnificent victory" over Islamic State militants in the city of Tikrit.

A monitoring group says, since last three months, the Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria and trained them as so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" and hard line indoctrination.

The US defence department says it is investigating an online threat allegedly made by Islamic State to about 100 of its military personnel, and posted a list of the names and addresses on a website linked to the group alongside a call for them to be killed

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The United Nations human rights office said on Thursday that Islamic State fighters may have committed genocide against the minority Yazidi community in Iraq as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians including children.

The tomb of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is almost completely levelled in fighting near Tikrit; Footage filmed by the Associated Press shows all that remains of the once-lavish mausoleum in the village of al-Awja are pillars that held up the roof

The Vatican's ambassador to the United Nations endorses military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria -- an unusual move because the Vatican traditionally has opposed force in the region

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State (IS) via Twitter post

Iraqi forces pushes Islamic State (IS) fighters out of the western town of al-Baghdadi

Melanie Smith monitors around 90 women daily who are believed to be living with Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq and depicts an idea into what life really is like inside IS

Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS)

The man identified as extremist "Jihadi John" said he felt like a "dead man walking" after being contacted by UK security services

Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in situations of mass atrocities

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key announces plans to send 143 non-combat troops to Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants

President Barack Obama says US 'not at war with Islam - we are at war with people who have perverted Islam