Iraqi forces on Wednesday launched the final assault to capture the town of Hawija, one of two pockets of territory still under control of Islamic State...
Islamic State militants attacked on Wednesday several positions held by Iraqi forces in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, killing at least 7 soldiers and wounding 16,...
Iraq’s prime minister says Nineveh province has been “fully liberated” from so-called Islamic State, after the district of Tal Afar was recaptured. Haider al-Abadi’s announcement followed...
Two men accused of a terror plot to put a bomb on a plane were also trying to build a device that could release toxic gas,...
Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in the restive island of Mindanao. Militants linked to...
Pakistan’s military says it has launched a major operation against so-called Islamic State (IS) in the north-western region along the Afghan border. A spokesman said militants...
U.S. forces killed the leader of the Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, earlier this week with a drone, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. A U.S. airstrike...
The senior US commander in Iraq has warned that the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) is not over, despite a “historic” victory in Mosul....
So-called Islamic State (IS) defences in the Iraqi city of Mosul are collapsing fast and troops expect to take full control in the next few hours,...
Iraqi forces have surrounded Islamic State fighters in Mosul in their efforts to retake the second-largest city in Iraq, the military said. Federal police units recaptured...
Fighters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have launched counter-attacks as they come under growing pressure from Iraqi forces in Mosul. IS deployed large numbers of suicide...