At least three killed and scores injured in attack on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Explosion occured as procession passed through a congested neighbourhood
Podcast: ‘Isis is now considered more deadly than the Taliban’
Reporter Rukmini Callimachi discusses how terrorist group’s decline has been overstated
After Islamic State what comes next?
Even if Isis is defeated, the attraction of its ideology is unlikely to disappear
Bombing of evacuees near Aleppo claims at least 126 lives
Attack on convoy taking residents from Syrian villages besieged by rebels
Trump defends travel ban amid growing criticism
Civil rights groups, activists and Democratic politicians vow to fight order
What is it like to grow up Muslim in Ireland?
We ask a group about their experiences of racism, acceptance and Irishness
Aleppo: a cosmopolitan city built on thousands of years of trade
Location of Syria’s most populous city is behind why it has been fiercely fought over
Old Turks foresaw danger in Erdogan’s ascent to power
The rise of Islamic populism was the price of more democracy
John O’Brennan: Bosnian-type deal not a solution for Syria
While the Balkans war was regional, the Syrian civil war may lead to global conflict
Islamic State ‘sanctioned organ harvesting’
Document taken in US raid raises concerns that group may be trafficking in body parts
Irish fall into same target of ‘infidels’ as Paris victims
To protect ourselves we need to beef up security, but also to support moderate Muslims
Freed prisoners of Islamic State tell of beatings and torture
Captives subjected to systematic abuse including electrical shock treatment and beatings
Shia mosque bombing in Pakistan kills at least 10
Six children among dead in Bhaag as security ramps up ahead of Shia festival of Ashura
Islamic State gunmen reportedly kidnap scores of Christians
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports militants abducted 230 civilians
One American takes the fight to Islamic State
Film-maker-turned-revolutionary sends US veterans to train Christian militias in Iraq
Kuwait makes arrests over Shia mosque attack
Bombing killed 27 and wounded over 200 in country’s worst terrorist incident in years
Islamic State suicide bomber kills 25 in Kuwait mosque
Attack on Shia mosque is the first of its kind in the Gulf Arab state
Yemen: clashes break out near presidential palace
Houthi fighters demanding greater Shia representation in country’s government
Lebanon receives its millionth refugee from Syrian civil war
Small Middle Eastern state has highest per capita concentration of refugees in world
Crimeans vote overwhelmingly to join Russia
Result alarms Ukraine and triggers worst crisis in East-West relations since Cold War
Twenty people killed by car bomb in south Beirut
Sunni Islamist group claims responsibility and promises more operations against Hezbollah
Al-Qaeda militants flee after violent Iraq jailbreak
Hundreds of convicts escape from Abu Ghraib prison after military-style assault
Bomb attack in Iraqi city of Kirkuk kills 31
Blast hit tea house where people had gathered after breaking Ramadan fast
Hizbullah stronghold targeted in Beirut bomb attack
Powerful blast comes as many Lebanese Shia begin observing the holy month of Ramadan
At least 45 people killed in Iraq bombings
Most attacks carried out in busy markets and commercial areas of Baghdad
Syria protester killed by Hizbullah gunmen in Beirut
Lebanese army deploy tanks and erect roadblocks across city following shooting
Syrian troops seize last rebel foothold in Qusayr
Government troops backed by Hizbullah guerrillas regain village close to Qusayr
Iraqis go to polls in regional elections
Vote is first since US military withdrawal and key test of country’s stability
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