Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan kill seven Pakistani soldiers at a checkpost in the troubled tribal area of South Waziristan, the army said.

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.

In the wake of killing of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, diplomats in Dhaka seek additional security everywhere across the country.

US President Barack Obama has said defeating Islamic State in Syria would only be possible if President Bashar al-Assad stepped down.

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.

Taliban militants have stormed a jail outside the central Afghan city of Ghazni, killing at least four policemen and freeing more than 350 prisoners.

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

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says that the involvement of Supreme Court lawyers in financing militancy outfits is alarming.

Turkish air force jets carry out fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and also hit Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

A nurse who said he was forced to work with the so-called Islamic State is thought to be returning to Australia.

Law enforcers claim arrest of two militants of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Natore Sadar upazila.

At least 14 people are killed and 11 wounded on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a northern Kenyan village, close to the border with war-torn Somalia, officials and Red Cross said.

Two bomb attacks on the central Nigerian city of Jos leave at least 44 people dead, the authorities say.

A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, including a baby and two grandparents, could have travelled to Syria after going missing, police have said.

South Sudan's army and allied militias "abducted, torched and gang-raped girls" during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says.

Air strikes kill 10 suspected militants in Pakistan's northwestern Shawal Valley, intelligence officials say.

Detectives detain one Dhaka University staff and three others for allegedly supplying explosives to militants.

Militants open fire on two Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers in Mali's capital Bamako, killing one and wounding other, security sources say.

Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi says that the city of Ramadi could be taken back from Islamic State militants "in days".