Once hated by the US and tied to Iran, the Shia cleric’s bloc won the most votes in elections

On retreat in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State is set to return to its guerrilla roots

Leader of one of country’s main Kurdish factions was first non-Arab Iraqi president

Pakistan opposition leader killed by suicide bomber as she ran against Pervez Musharraf

Subset of guilty men used name ‘three musketeers’ and all believed in ‘violent jihad’

Loss of Mosul and group’s capital Raqqa does not spell final defeat for Islamic State

Irish policing is firmly wedded to politics but it has not been a successful marriage

Mohammed bin Salman drove invasion of Yemen and already taunts Iran and Qatar

The labelling of terror has grown charged and made minorities feel that they matter less

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain accuse Qatar of supporting terror and plan to break off all land, air and sea traffic

Many who kill in the name of religion have a history of assault on wives and partners

Central Asian suspects may be linked to Isis as St Petersburg investigation unfolds

Former prime minister denies his government paid £1m to British jihadi who died in Iraq

Oral arguments to be heard on Tuesday in a battle that may go to supreme court

Feared repeat of 2011 catastrophe in which 260,000 starved due to slow donor response

US Central Command to examine scale of civilian casualties as mission preparation criticised

Barriers and bollards can make public areas a more difficult target for terrorists

TV personality wrongly suggested two brothers were extremists with al Qaida links

Villagers cheering a US convoy in Cameroon watched in horror as a child was struck and killed

Islamic State claims its fighters responsible, as does Pakistani Taliban breakaway group