An alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters have forced the Islamic State out of Raqqa, the so-called caliphate’s former capital.
Seventeen people connected to a suspected “jihadist network” have been arrested in police dawn raids across several European countries.
Islamic State (IS) militants have taken control of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra.
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance or “Bay’ah” to the Islamic State (IS) in an audio statement shared online.
Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed ‘Jihadi John’ for his role as executioner in a number of Islamic State (IS) propaganda videos, has been described as a cold loner with anger issues by those that knew him.