NATO

NATO to 'formally join' anti-ISIL coalition

Member states of military alliance are set to officially join a US-led coalition fighting ISIL, diplomatic sources say.

NATO to 'formally join' anti-ISIL coalition

Asia Pacific

Three policemen killed by 'suicide bombers' in Jakarta

Two explosions strike bus station in Indonesia's capital, killing three police officers and wounding 10 people.

Three dead confirmed in Jakarta double bombing

Manchester Bombing

Police investigate Manchester attack network

UK home secretary says suspected bomber 'likely' did not act alone as soldiers take on guard duties at key public sites.

Asia Pacific

Duterte considers martial law for entire Philippines

Residents flee Mindanao's Marawi city as fighters reportedly behead a local police chief and take churchgoers hostage.

Asia Pacific

Thousands flee Mindanao, churchgoers 'taken hostage'

Ongoing violence prompts 'mass exodus' from Marawi, as President Rodrigo Duterte considers nationwide martial law.

Mindanao: Churchgoers 'taken hostage' amid Marawi siege

Manchester Bombing

Manchester reels and rallies after deadly attack

City defiant and sombre after suspected ISIL attack kills 22 people - mainly children - at Ariana Grande concert.

Asia Pacific

Duterte declares martial law in southern Philippines

Emergency declaration follows heavy clashes between security forces and fighters in Mindanao's Marawi city.

Duterte declares martial law after Mindanao attack

Manchester Bombing

UK: Another attack may be 'imminent', warns PM May

'Wider group of individuals' may be linked to Manchester attack that killed 22 people, Prime Minister Theresa May says.

Middle East

UN envoy: Liberation of Mosul from ISIL is 'imminent'

Jan Kubis tells UN Security Council armed group will soon be defeated but continues to use civilians as human shields.

UN envoy: Liberation of Mosul from ISIL is 'imminent'

Middle East

Egypt refers 48 to military court over church bombings

Chief prosecutor refers 48 suspects to military court for suspected involvement in deadly attacks on Christian churches.

Egypt refers 48 to military court over church bombings

The Listening Post

The silence in Sinai: Covering Egypt's 'war on terror'

We examine the challenges facing journalists trying to report the country's growing ISIL-affiliated insurgency.

Middle East

Wave of suicide car bombings kills more than 50 in Iraq

Suicide bombers kill more than 50 people in separate attacks in Baghdad and Basra, police say.

Iraq: Dozens killed in wave of suicide car bomb attacks

Reporter's Notebook

ISIL in the Caribbean: Why Trinidadians fight in Syria and Iraq

How did the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago become the nation with the highest number of ISIS recruits per capita in the Western Hemisphere?

Middle East

US-led coalition attacks pro-Assad fighters in Syria

Officials say air attack targeted fighters near al-Tanf who posed a threat to US-backed forces near the Jordan border.

US-led coalition hits pro-Assad fighters' convoy

United States

US VP warns of ISIL 'genocide' against Christians

Critics are taking Mike Pence to task for associating the word 'genocide' with ISIL attacks on Christians worldwide.

US VP warns of ISIL 'genocide' against Christians