The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum chaos, officials have told The Associated Press.

Islamic State claimed responsibility of yesterday’s murder of a Christian convert in Kurigram, “terror monitoring” body SITE Intel Group says.

A Shia community preacher has been stabbed to death in Jhenidah’s Kaliganj upazila. Islamic State has allegedly claimed responsibility of the killing.

The names of three of the Paris attackers appear in files leaked from the Islamic State militant group, according to German media reports.

Thousands of files have surfaced with personal data on members of the Islamic State group — documents that might help authorities track down and prosecute foreign fighters who returned home after joining the extremists, or identify those who recruited them in the first place.

Tunisian forces kill 28 jihadists who attacked police and army posts near the Libyan border in a new spillover of violence that also saw four civilians killed.

The so-called Islamic State group may be planning a "spectacular" attack in the UK, the national head of counter-terrorism policing warns.

The Pentagon is expanding its cyber war against Islamic State computer networks, senior defense officials say as they claimed to have seized the momentum in the 18-month-old fight against the jihadists.

A landmark truce is to take effect in Syria on Saturday, the United States and Russia announced, but the "cessation of hostilities" does not include the Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front, the main jihadist factions.

Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for murdering a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.

Air strikes against Islamic State militants in Sabratha, Libya, have killed at least 30 people.

The first of several convoys carrying badly-needed aid to besieged areas of Syria has arrived at its destination.

Syria has condemned Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria described it as a violation of its sovereignty.

Bangladesh maintained its broad commitment to democracy which is one of the core values of US government, its Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon has said.

Rebel groups in Syria have told the BBC they will not stop fighting because they do not believe that Russia will end its bombing campaign in support of the government.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he intends to retake "the whole country".

Saudi Arabia decides to increase its military contributions to the campaign against Islamic State, including offering to expand its role in the air campaign, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter's spokesman says after bilateral talks.

The US intelligence chief has said efforts by Bangladesh's prime minister to undermine the political opposition will probably provide openings for transnational terrorist groups to expand their presence in the South Asian country.

Twitter says it has suspended more than 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 "for threatening or promoting terrorist acts".

Islamic State (IS) has been successful in recruiting quite a few British-Bangladeshi women online, only to serve as sex slaves to the IS men. This report investigates the reasons behind these women running off to war stricken Syria to join the clan.