Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture
Baghdadi would sometimes hold strategy talks with his commanders in moving minibuses packed with vegetables in order to avoid detection, Ismael al-Ethawi told officials after he was arrested by Turkish authorities and handed to the Iraqis.
Trump confirms death of Islamic State chief Baghdadi in US raid
President Donald Trump says that elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, dying "like a dog," in a daring, nighttime raid by US special forces deep in northwest Syria.
Russia claims to have killed IS leader Baghdadi
Russia's Defense Ministry says it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May.
Jihadists say Trump victory a rallying call for new recruits
From Afghanistan to Algeria, jihadists plan to use Donald Trump's shock US presidential victory as a propaganda tool to bring new fighters to their battlefields.
Iraqi forces take six districts of eastern Mosul
Troops from Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) capture six districts of eastern Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military statement says on Friday.
France church attackers 'smiled' and spoke of Quran
One of the jihadists who murdered an elderly French priest smiled as he carried out the attack, and nuns who witnessed the grisly murder said the killers spoke about the Quran.
Sweden truck attack: Man held for 'terrorist crime'
A truck ploughs into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack.
London attack: Police make 2 more 'significant arrests'
Two more people are arrested over Wednesday's terror attack in London, police say, also giving the attacker's birth name as Adrian Russell and appealing to the public for information about him.
Afghan-based IS expands, new challenge to Trump
An Islamic State offshoot based near the Afghan-Pakistan border is expanding to new areas, recruiting fighters and widening the reach of attacks in the region, members of the movement and Afghan officials said.
East Aleppo evacuation underway
An operation to evacuate thousands of civilians and fighters from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo is under way despite an earlier attack on a medical convoy by pro-government forces.
Aleppo battle ends after years of bloodshed
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ends after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment, as insurgents agree to withdraw in a ceasefire.
Syria conflict: Death toll at 32 in renewed air strikes
Air strikes pound neighbourhoods around a children's hospital and a blood bank in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in a second day of renewed bombing that has killed at least 32 people, a war monitor, medics and emergency workers says.
Jihadists say Trump victory a rallying call for new recruits
From Afghanistan to Algeria, jihadists plan to use Donald Trump's shock US presidential victory as a propaganda tool to bring new fighters to their battlefields.
Iraqi forces take six districts of eastern Mosul
Troops from Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) capture six districts of eastern Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military statement says on Friday.
Fight to the end, IS boss Baghdadi urges Mosul jihadists
Jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi calls on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised Thursday to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a "caliphate" two years ago.
Southeast Asia could be next ISIS battleground: Experts
As ISIS loses ground in Middle East, there are fears it will take its fight elsewhere, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.