Australian police say they believe a 15-year-old who killed a police worker in Sydney had links to terrorism.

US President Barack Obama says the Russian bombing campaign in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad is driving moderate opposition underground and "only strengthening" Islamic State.

Ruling out the existence of militant outfit Islamic State in the country, Home Minister Kamal says both Bangladesh and Italy primarily agree that the militant outfit was not involved with killing of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella.

Russia is considering whether to follow the US and its allies in conducting air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets, President Vladimir Putin 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.

The Australian government has confirmed it has launched its first air strikes inside Syria against targets of the so-called Islamic State (IS).

Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official tells the BBC.

We read with horror, anger and disdain the news item captioned “When Islamic State rapists win,” (August 29, 2015). The so-called caliphate is neither Islamic nor a caliphate.

The U.S.-led coalition military strategy in Afghanistan and the adjacent border areas of Pakistan has drawn huge criticisms for its over-reliance on the use of coercive force and utter negligence of peace, reconciliation, and reconstruction efforts.

Dozens of Syrian government troops and Islamic State fighters have been killed in fighting around a government-held air base in eastern Syria in a region that is a stronghold for the jihadists, a monitoring group said on Thursday,

David Cameron is facing questions over the decision to carry out a drone strike in Syria which killed two British Islamic State jihadists.

Palmyra's ancient Temple of Bel is still standing despite an attempt by Islamic State (IS) militants to blow it up, Syria antiquities chief says.

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has destroyed part of another temple at the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra, activists and witnesses say.

A Virginia teenager is set to be sentenced for helping another teen travel to Syria to join the Islamic State and providing other aid to the militant group.

A deputy leader of Islamic State (IS), Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says.

Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have demolished a Christian monastery in al-Qaryatain town in Homs province.

Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in the south-eastern province of Siirt, the army says.

At least 76 people were killed and 212 wounded today in a blast claimed by Islamic State in Baghdad's Sadr City, police and medical.

IS executes 19 women for refusing to have sex with its fighters, reports the dailymail online.

Four Indian teachers are kidnapped in Libya, India's foreign ministry says.