A New Zealand nurse believed abducted with two drivers by Islamic State militants in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts.

Nurse kidnapped by Islamic State five years ago may be alive: Red Cross

Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing which took place in Pakistan. At least 20 people were killed and 48 wounded in the blast which targeted the Shia Hazara ethnic minority at a crowded fruit market in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday.

Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide attack in Pakistan's Quetta

By Harout Akdedian The so-called Islamic State (IS) recently lost its last remnant of territory in Syria, but observers were quick to remind the world that the war against the organisation is far from over.

Islamic State is off the map for now, but war against the organisation is far from over

Afghan security forces have arrested six alleged members of the Islamic State militant group and accused them of using hundreds of fake accounts on Facebook Inc and other social media to find recruits, authorities said on Thursday.

Afghan forces arrest alleged Islamic State online recruiters: Report

A Pakistani police head constable and his brother-in-law, who also works in the police department, have been arrested in Punjab province for their alleged links with the Islamic State, police said on Monday.

Two Pakistan policemen arrested for suspected Islamic State links

It once flew over a chunk of the Middle East larger than Britain but on Saturday the Islamic State group's sinister black banner lay crumpled in the dust of its final bastion.

Baghouz, where the last black flag came down

US-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory in eastern Syria at Baghouz on Saturday, ending its territorial rule over a self-proclaimed caliphate after years of fighting.

Islamic State defeated, 'caliphate' eliminated, says US ally in Syria

Islamic State has been defeated at its final shred of territory of Baghouz in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Saturday, announcing the end of its self-declared "caliphate" that once spanned a third of Iraq and Syria.

Syrian Democratic Forces claims Islamic State defeated

The rise and fall of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi made a formal request to parliament on Saturday to fire the governor of Niniveh province where 100 people were killed in a ferry capsize.

Iraq PM asks MPs to fire governor over deadly ferry capsize

The Islamic State may have lost its self-styled caliphate, but its barbaric back catalogue of grisly execution videos will continue to haunt the global imagination and serve as a template for how to sow terror, analysts say.

Islamic State: Pioneers of the 'digital caliphate'

US-backed Syrian forces were sweeping on Thursday through the final enclave that had been held by Islamic State fighters and said they would declare the group defeated once a search for hidden mines and jihadist holdouts was complete.

Victory over Islamic State to be announced after enclave searched: SDF

A bullish US President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group would be wiped off the map within hours, as he unfurled printouts showing the jihadists' shrinking presence in Iraq and Syria.

Islamic State will be wiped off the map within hours, says Trump

A US-backed force in Syria said Tuesday it has arrested jihadists suspected of involvement in the deadliest attack on US troops since they deployed in the war-torn country in 2014.

Syria force says it arrested jihadists behind attack on US troops

US-backed forces said Sunday thousands of people were believed to still be inside the last Islamic State group enclave in eastern Syria, as they sought to flush out die-hard fighters with airstrikes and shelling.

Syria force says 'thousands' still inside last IS pocket

Falling bombs raised smoke over Islamic State's last enclave in east Syria on Sunday, obscuring the huddle of vehicles and makeshift shelters to which the group's self-declared "caliphate" has been reduced.

Battle rages for last Islamic State Syria enclave

Kurdish-led forces said around 2,000 people, mostly jihadists, surrendered from the Islamic State group's last scrap of territory in Syria Tuesday, as air raids and shelling resumed after a brief lull.

2,000 more surrender from Islamic State Syria bastion as end nears

Islamic State's final enclave in eastern Syria was pounded with air strikes and artillery on Monday in a US-backed assault aimed at wiping out the last shred of its territorial rule that once spanned a third of Syria and Iraq.

Last Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria pounded in US-backed assault

The mother of a London girl who ran away to join the Islamic State group in Syria urged the UK government on Monday to reinstate the teenager's British citizenship after she lost her third child.

Runaway Islamic State teen Shamima Begum's mum asks UK for 'mercy'

US-backed forces said Sunday time was up for Islamic State group jihadists hunkering down in their eastern Syrian holdout and resumed their assault on the pocket.

US-backed Syrian forces resume assault on last Islamic State redoubt

Egypt's army on Monday said 46 suspected jihadists were killed in clashes in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where troops are fighting the Islamic State group. The "extremely dangerous" militants were killed in shootouts in north and central Sinai, the army said in a statement read on state television, without specifying when the clashes took place.

46 suspected jihadists killed in Sinai clashes: Egypt army

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) paused military operations against Islamic State (IS) militants holed up in the group's final enclave in eastern Syria, expecting more civilians to be evacuated from the area on Saturday, an SDF official said.

More civilians leave Islamic State's Syria enclave, delaying final assault

The baby son of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group, has died in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Friday.

British Islamic State teen bride Shamima Begum's newborn son dies in Syria: SDF

US-backed fighters have been hoping for weeks that the final day has come for the Islamic State group's "caliphate", but its last tiny sliver of land just won't seem to empty.

'Never-ending' numbers in last Islamic State scrap shock US-backed fighters

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