A rare bird may become extinct in Syria because of the capture of Palmyra by Islamic State, experts say.

The Detective Branch of police detain two suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) from Dhaka. One of them is said to be a local recruiter who already gathered about 20 activists including an teacher.

The Iraqi government is reported to be sending Iran-backed Shia militias to Ramadi to recapture the city seized by Islamic State (IS) militants.

The Islamic State group on Thursday released an audio message purportedly from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen or heard from in months.

The second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) dies in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq, the Iraqi ministry of defence says.

At least 30 prisoners and 10 guards have died in a prison break in Iraq.

The US government is offering rewards totalling $20m (£13m) for information on what it says are four leaders of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.

Fresh efforts to revive peace talks on Syria is due to begin in Geneva.

Several hundred Yazidi captives are killed in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants west of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials say. A statement from the Yazidi Progress Party said 300 captives were killed on Friday in Tal Afar near the city.

Air strikes by the US-led coalition targeting Islamic State militants kills more than 50 civilians in northern Syria.

Islamic State appears to have released a promotional video for its own health service featuring NHS-style branding and an Australian doctor.

Australia and Iran agrees to share intelligence about Australians fighting with militant groups in Iraq.

The Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

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.

Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.

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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.

A 20-year-old US citizen is charged with attempting to explode a car bomb at Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kansas.

The French television network TV5Monde says it has suffered an "unprecedented" attack from hackers claiming to belong to Islamic State (IS).

Around 2,000 people have been evacuated from the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus after the Islamic State group seized large parts of it, a Palestinian official told AFP.