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Isis jihadi, 18, from Melbourne
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his Government is doing all it can to stop Australians travelling overseas to fight with extremists.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his Government is doing all it can to stop Australians travelling overseas to fight with extremists.
Homeland will not be featuring any stories based on Isis because its producers think the group is too barbaric and "evil" to appear on their show.
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has announced it is joining Isis by apparently releasing an audio statement swearing allegiance.
An eclectic band of fighters stand united in their hatred of Isis’ horrors.
Fighting began in the key central Iraqi city of Tikrit, birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein, as government forces and Shia militia launched a major assault to displace Isis jihadists.
Except for the machine guns and guard towers, the al-Hair high-security prison for terrorists looks remarkably like a hotel - especially the conjugal-visit wing.
A Palestinian family of six sleep in one bedroom in a cramped, damp and mouldy three-room home.
Australians travelling to the northern Iraq city of Mosul without a legitimate reason face jail.
"Jihadi John" was able to flee the scrutiny of the security services despite being a member of a terrorist cell known to have links to the failed 21/7 attacks on London in 2005.
New Zealand troops are preparing for a two-year tour in Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State. This is what they are up against.
The unmasking of Isis militant "Jihadi John" as a Londoner who had repeatedly been questioned by security services has sent shock waves through Britain.
Modern warfare is vastly different today. Those going to Iraq will not be in the frontline - at least not yet, Fran O'Sullivan writes.
Many times over the years we've been aware that people in a foreign country are going through hell, John Roughan writes.
Every political party laid claim to the moral high ground in the argument over sending a team of army training personnel to Iraq, John Armstrong writes.
The daughter of one of Jihadi John's victims said her family will not rest until there is a bullet between the killer's eyes.
Bad news, peaceniks. If you oppose the deployment of NZ troops to Iraq, you are gutless, a coward, at least in the estimation of the Prime Minister, writes Toby Manhire.
In November Prime Minister Key referred to ISIL as a ‘game changer’ for New Zealand. I wasn’t convinced, especially as the government was focusing on the domestic aspect in seeking to justify increased surveillance powers.
The decision to commit NZ military contingent to Iraq is a case of misguided foreign policy.
Edmund Burke once said political decisions often involve a choice between intolerable and disagreeable options.
Australia is working to stop young women leaving the country to become "jihadi brides" for Isis.
A senior US security official will visit New Zealand next month as part of a tour of the Asia-Pacific.
The quality of New Zealand's training contribution to the Iraqi armed forces would be a welcome addition to the fight against Isis (Islamic State), Iraq's ambassador to New Zealand, Mouayed Saleh, said last night.
Passions over the announced deployment of a New Zealand training mission to Iraq spilled over in Parliament again yesterday.
A Rotorua mother says an extremist Islamic militant group is tarnishing her daughter's name, but she won't be changing it.
An angry John Key has lashed out at the Opposition over its attacks over New Zealand's Iraq mission, saying “Get some guts and join the right side.”
Herald political writer John Armstrong says the PM's decision to bypass the media when announcing his decision shows he is failing.
John Key today announced that he was sending 143 NZ military personnel to Iraq to help train Iraqi forces fighting Islamic jihadists. Here is his full statement to Parliament: