Multiple jihadist attacks kill more than 50 in Baghdad

People gather at the site of a car bomb in New Baghdad. All photographs: Ahmed Saad/Reuters Terrorists detonated suicide vests inside a shopping mall in Baghdad on Monday and a car bomb exploded......

Second British voice identified in IS beheading video

A second British voice has been identified in the disturbing video of an American hostage's beheading released by the Islamic State militants, according to a latest scientific analysis. The words......

'Iraq crisis needs to be tackled militarily and politically'

The advance of the Al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and its allies towards Baghdad appears to have been "stalled" but the "grave" situation in Iraq needs to be dealt with......

Countries where Islamic State is still a major threat

Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out. Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group's adherents have now staged hit-and-run......