Prosecutors say £3,000 handed over was from account belonging to Isis fighter receiving benefits

Deadly attack latest to be claimed by jihadis in a string of blasts targeting Shia community as ‘revenge’ for Mosul operation 

Suspects detained after eight-month investigation by French counter-terror officers

Isis has used crude versions of potentially deadly chemical agents more than 50 times to date in Syria and Iraq

Trauma centres overwhelmed by need thanks to spike in casualties as fight to retake Iraqi city enters second month

The US State Department has urged Americans to ‘exercise vigilance’ when visiting tourist sites 

There are no journalists from the outside world in opposition-held Syria to record these momentous days. Jim would have hated this state of affairs

Fillon doesn't seem to have the big problem with Brexit that other European leaders might. He also thinks it wrong to see Russia as the sole cause of trouble in Ukraine. And he would like to see a coalition between Russia and Iran to defeat Isis in Syria

The city has been under Isis control since 2014

Foreign policy advisor John Bolton proposes carving out a Sunni state in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. As a recipe for deepening the conflict in the region, it could scarcely be bettered

'Continuing to sculpt is a message that we will not be intimidated by those devils'

Reports from Human Rights Watch and Iraqi army suggest up to 500 bodies found following similar grim discovery in same town last week 

Military analysts say militant groups can prefer recruits who won’t challenge ideology

Extensive damage done to ‘idolatrous’ Biblical-era treasures in city of Nimrud becomes apparent as Iraqi army drives militants back to stronghold 

Libertines frontman Pete Doherty is set to perform at the venue on Wednesday night, after Sting opened the venue last week

Exclusive: Members giving out Quran translations to recruit supporters in Britain's largest cities