Turkish air force jets carry out fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and also hit Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

Turkish planes have for the first time carried out air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria.

A nurse who said he was forced to work with the so-called Islamic State is thought to be returning to Australia.

A US air strike reportedly kills Muhsin al-Fadhli, the Kuwaiti leader of the Khorasan Group, a shadowy al-Qaeda offshoot operating in Syria.

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu promises to boost security along the country's border with Syria, after 30 people were killed by a bomb in the town of Suruc.

The Islamic State group fired chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq last month, Kurdish fighters and weapons experts have said reports The Economic Times.

A man - who joined Islamic State in Syria with 11 other family members of his family - is being held against his will after being "tricked" into going, his son tells British TV channel.

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group is "intensifying" its campaign in northern Syria, President Barack Obama says.

British bank HSBC fires six staff after they filmed a mock Islamic State-style execution video during a team-building day out and posted footage online.

A video apparently released by the Islamic State group shows 25 men being shot dead in the ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria.

At least 25 members of Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Nusra Front, including a leader, are killed in a blast at a mosque in north-western Idlib province, activists say.

A senior member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in an American drone strike in Syria last month, according to the US military.

A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, including a baby and two grandparents, could have travelled to Syria after going missing, police have said.

A senior US commander in Afghanistan says that fighters allied with Islamic State are in contact with militants' Syrian headquarters.

The UN's cultural agency says destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones by Islamic State and other extremist groups could amount to war crimes.

Twelve people are killed and 70 wounded in a car bomb blast and attacks by Islamic State militants in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, hospital officials in the town tell Reuters by telephone.

A global survey of 40 countries finds that large numbers of people have a favourable opinion of the United States, its economy and the US-led fight against the Islamic State.

US says an air strike in Iraq has killed an Islamic State (IS) militant linked to an attack on a US diplomatic compound in Libya 3 years ago.

Tweets and YouTube videos by fighters from the Islamic State group have allowed analysts to pinpoint their movements in Iraq and Syria, highlighting the group's increasing push towards government strongholds.

Syrian Kurdish fighters say they have taken control of the Islamic State-held town of Tal Abyad, cutting off a major supply route for the jihadist group.