Islamic State Group

New Zealand attacker was arrested twice in past for possession of knives, extremist videos

The man was released on both occasions because the videos didn't show violent murders and were not classified as the 'worst kind of illicit material

US combat mission in Iraq will conclude by year end, says Joe Biden

Biden said the US military will continue to assist Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State, and the security relationship will be focused on training and intelligence-sharing

US conducts airstrike in Syria targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias: Pentagon

The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a US service member

London stabbing: 20-year-old inmate out on bail shot dead by police after attacking two in London; Boris Johnson says he plans to end early release of terror convicts

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would act to stop the early release from prison of convicted terrorists following a street attack in London by an Islamist militant days after he was set free halfway through his jail term.

Supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Donald Trump is a 'clown' pretending to support the Iranian people

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Trump will 'push a poisonous dagger' into the nation's back

Mark Esper in Baghdad; US defence secretary to discuss deployment of American troops in Iraq to conduct operations against IS

Esper has said that under the current plan, all US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq, continue to conduct operations against Islamic State

Taliban delegation meets with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to negotiate 'peaceful end to invasion' in Afghanistan

A Taliban delegation has met with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to discuss ending the Afghan conflict, the militant group said Saturday, the first time either side has officially confirmed talks.

Gunmen open fire at eastern Afghanistan mosque; four killed and three wounded in attack

Officials say four people praying at a mosque have been shot dead in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province.

Car bomb explodes in Kandahar, 16 dead, 38 wounded; toll likely to rise

At least sixteen people were killed and 38 were wounded on Tuesday when a minivan stuffed with explosives detonated as security forces were trying to defuse it in southern Afghanistan, officials said.

Watch: Army says battle for Philippine city against ISIS linked militants to end soon

Philippine troops Sunday bombed militants loyal to the Islamic State group who have held out for over four months in a southern city and the military said the conflict would be over "very soon".