Iraqi forces have pushed into the southern edge of Fallujah, enduring car bombs and sniper fire from Isis fighters determined to hold onto the city.

A disfiguring tropical disease has spread across the Middle East as millions are displaced from the war-torn region.

Australian counterterrorism police said they arrested a 24-year-old man in Sydney yesterday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.

Senior police believed Sydney cafe hostages were "jovial" and didn't think gunman was preparing to kill them

The last member of the group of British jailers who supervised the torture and killing of Western hostages held by the Islamic State has been identified.

A drone missile strike said to have killed the Taliban's supreme leader has further undermined hopes of a peace process.

The US military has dealt a potential blow to the Taliban whose insurgent assaults pose a major obstacle to US hopes for ending the war in Afghanistan.

The younger brother of one of the Brussels airport bombers has qualified to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio.

A teenager has been arrested after Australian police alleged he had been planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sydney.

The terrorists who carried out the attacks on the Brussels airport and metro had initially planned an attack on France instead, the Belgian federal prosecutor said.

Terror group facing cash crunch like never before, say reports.

Virtually every mistake made then by the US national security machine found its analogue in Belgium on March 22.

A digital newspaper that is connected to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has published an article detailing the US presidential election.

An Egyptian man hijacked an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday evening and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus, where passengers were eventually freed and the hijacker arrested.

Belgian prosecutors yesterday released a man they had charged in connection with last week's deadly Brussels bombings.

The investigation into last week's bombings in Belgium extended farther across Europe after Italian police arrested a new suspect.

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Kiwis are still expected to travel to terror hotspots in the wake of Brussels attacks, but insurance is unlikely to cover terror-related cancellations.

Brothers Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui had secretly filmed the daily routine of Belgium's nuclear programme chief, before they blew themselves up at Brussels airport and on a Metro train.

One of the Brussels bombers was arrested in Turkey and deported back to Belgium in June with a warning that he was a militant.

COMMENT: Outside of Brussels is a suburb - some would call it a ghetto - called Molenbeek, a breeding ground for the disenfranchised who, tragically, join the Isis cause.

The attacks left at least 34 people dead and more than 200 injured and Isis claimed responsibility.

Kiwi political leaders and terror experts agree attacks like those in Brussels are difficult to prevent.

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A Sydney schoolgirl has been arrested by counter-terrorism police for allegedly sending money to a terrorist organisation.

A Muslim sect in New Zealand is describing the attacks in Brussels as "heinous and utterly inhumane".

A New Zealander who works next to the Brussels airport where twin explosions killed at least 11 people has described the chaos in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.