Islamic State claims responsibility of bomb attacks on the headquarters of Shiite Muslim group in Bangladesh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.

Two boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, land at the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence says.

Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau confirms he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.

At least 45 people have been killed in Russian air strikes on a rebel-held area of north-western Syria, a monitoring group says.

40 militants with the so-called Islamic State are killed in air strikes in Syria, a British-based monitoring group reports.

A gunman killed five people at a Shia gathering in eastern Saudi Arabia before being shot dead by police in an attack claimed by a group linked to Islamic State militants.

The influence of the Islamic State group extends well beyond the land it controls in Syria and Iraq, reaching recruits around the world, including the Asia-Pacific region.

The US military has delivered more than 45 tonnes of ammunition to rebels fighting the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in north-eastern Syria.

The Islamic State (IS) group is the prime suspect in the Ankara bombings that killed nearly 100 on Saturday, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says.

Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group's reclusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin defends Russia's military operations in Syria, saying the aim is to "stabilise the legitimate authority" of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Iraq's air force hit a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military statement says.

So-called Islamic State group (IS) has shifted its propaganda distribution to the secure mobile messaging app Telegram from Twitter, where its accounts have been repeatedly shut down over the past year.

While it is essential to eliminate IS link without dismissing outright the possibility of their existence in this country, it is also essential to identify and nab the perpetrators, keeping our mind open to all the possible motives for the killings.

Russia says it has launched rocket strikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria from warships in the Caspian Sea - about 1,500km (930 miles) away.

Since September last year, police claim to have arrested about 20 suspected Islamic State members, militants having contacts or trying to establish link with the terrorist outfit.

One AP investigation uncovered an attempt to sell bomb-grade uranium to a real buyer from the Middle East, the first known case of its kind.

The chief of police asserts claim that there is no organisational existence of international terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.

Islamic State militants in northern Syria have blown up another monument in the ancient city of Palmyra, officials and local sources say.

Police arrest four people, including a schoolboy, from different areas in Ishwarganj upazila in last two days for their suspected link to Middle East-based militant outfit Islamic State (IS).