Afghanistan's 'King of the North' handed the reins to his hand-picked successor on Thursday, ending a three-month political crisis that many had feared would turn violent

Afghan strongman makes way for hand-picked successor, ending crisis

Merkel to meet bereaved one year after Christmas market attack

Previously, he had vowed that the IS-held city of Mosul would be retaken 'before the end of the year'

Iraq PM says three months needed to eliminate IS

The group dismantled existing infrastructure to create their own improvised arms factories that experts say no insurgent group has matched

Iraqi gains reveal huge scale of IS arms industry

At least 30 people were injured but no group has claimed responsibility yet. However officials believe the Islamic State group was involved

At least 16 killed in Iraqi wedding suicide attack

Iraqi forces seeking to drive IS from second?city?Mosul also retook another village southeast of the site of?Nimrud

Iraq military says ancient city of Nimrud recaptured

'More than 3 million people have been displaced since the start of 2014 and a million more people are at risk of losing their homes'

Mosul offensive: UN refugee agency prepares to receive 150,000 Iraqis fleeing the city

Al-Qaeda and Islamic State 'know that they will never be able to defeat a nation as great and as strong as America,' he said

Obama on 9/11: Diversity one of America's 'greatest strengths'

Lawmakers have given prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj a 10-day deadline to come up with a new unity government line-up

Libya parliament rejects UN-backed unity government

Santoso, the leader of the eastern Indonesia Mujahideen, was shot dead on Monday on the mountainous Sulawesi island

Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant killed

Australia has been a staunch ally of the United States in Iraq and in the fight against the Islamic State group?

South China Sea dispute: US, Australia a 'united front' in Pacific, says Biden?

Only 35 victims have been officially identified as prosecutors take painstaking measures to avoid errors seen during November's Paris attack

Nice attack investigation unfolds gradually

Prime Minister Abadi said the Qayyarah airbase will be an important base for the liberation of Mosul

Iraq army seizes key airbase from Islamic State in south of Mosul

Three IS suicide bombers opened fire before two of them blew themselves up in a market

Iraq blast: 30 dead, 50 wounded near Shiite shrine north of Baghdad

The Iraqi national security adviser believes that the current military action in the western and northern regions is moving smoothly

Iraqi forces announce recapture of 70 per cent of regions occupied by extremists

The order highlights one of the most grievous flaws in Baghdad security - the continued use of fake bomb detectors at checkpoints

Iraq PM orders security changes after Baghdad bombing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's secular government has long insisted that neither IS or Al-Qaeda have gained a foothold in Bangladesh

Bangladesh 'in denial' over jihadist attacks: analysts

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced two days of mourning as she vowed to do everything to eliminate terrorists from the country

Bangladesh in mourning after hostage bloodbath

The attack comes a day after a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death

Another Hindu priest stabbed, critically wounded in Bangladesh