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

The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agree to create a joint Arab military force.

A European police chief says that the sophisticated online communications which is developing everyday has become the biggest problem for security agencies tackling terrorism.

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.

Bangladeshi labourer Helal Uddin, who was kidnapped by militants in Libya on March 6, talks with his family in Jamalpur over phone and expects release in 2/3 days.

Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to has travel to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.

Parts of Yemen's third largest city Taiz have been seized by Shia rebels

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

Suicide bombers have blown themselves up at two mosques in the centre of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 126 people

Nine people have been arrested in connection with a gun attack in Tunis that saw 23 people killed on Wednesday, including 20 foreign tourists

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.

Chechen woman living in Netherlands takes her two young children against their father's will to join Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria

Three teenagers who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey are flown back to the UK and arrested, Scotland Yard says

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

Vatican says force may be necessary to stop attacks on Christians and other Middle East minorities by Islamic State (IS) if no political solution is found.

Three New York foreign residents plead not guilty to charges that they attempted to provide support for IS militants

Islamic State (IS) accepts pledge of allegiance from Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram, according to an audio message

Melbourne schoolboy who travelled to Middle East to fight with Islamic State (IS) dies in suicide attack in Iraq

ANOWAR Hossain and Helal Uddin are two Bangladeshis among other foreign nationals who have been taken hostage by the Islamic State or some other militia group in Libya.

None of the infighting groups in Lybia has yet claimed the responsibilities of taking hostage two Bangladeshis in Libya, says State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam