COMMENT: Key and Kitteridge owe us all, and NZ Muslim women especially, an apology.

Suspected al Qaeda terrorists shot dead a five-year-old boy who fell to his knees and prayed for his life during a terror attack on a tourist resort in Ivory Coast.

The terrorist group is making millions by funnelling dollars looted from banks into legitimate currency markets in the Middle East.

As many as 200 soldiers were killed in an attack on a Kenyan military camp in Somalia by al Shabaab Islamists last month.

The Independent Review of Intelligence and Security Services is due to deliver its recommendations to the Government on Monday.

The jihadist group Islamic State has shocked the world with its brutality, writes James Gelvin. Its sudden prominence has led to much speculation about the group's origins.

Ceasefire means little as rebels hold various factions at bay and children typically become the victims.

The Islamic State's recruitment of foreign fighters has slowed significantly, Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says, as the US-led coalition increasingly cuts off sources of funding to the extremist group.

Several Republican candidates called for a return to the criticised anti-terrorism tactics used under the George W Bush Administration.

A woman whose tip-off allowed police to kill the Paris Attacks ringleader says he planned further attacks including one on a creche, and bragged about entering from Syria.

This is what the frontline near the Isis stronghold of Mosul looks like.

The women were forced to take the tests after escaping Isis by Iraq's Kurdistan government.

Australian teen Sevdet Besim boasted he would "love to take out some cops. I was gonna meet with them then take some heads".

The gunmen behind the Paris terror attacks have appeared in an Isis (Islamic State) video in which they behead several hostages.

Many of us want to know what makes Muslims tick, writes Alan Duff. Don't send me death threats yet, you of Muslim faith. This columnist is not out to get you.

When Isis took over Manbij, it became a meeting place for jihadis (mostly British) from around the world and renamed the town 'Little London.'

There is a danger that this conflict will draw us ever deeper into a quagmire, writes Gehan Gunasekar. There is a danger of escalation should the current proxy conflict spill into conflict between the great powers involved themselves.

Security was tight as revellers took to the streets to welcome the new year due to fear of terror threats.

Radicalisation is a youth revolt against society, says expert.

The Los Angeles school district says hundreds of schools closed yesterday after an email threat would reopen today.

Investors can't ignore so-called Black Swan scenarios following a year that surprised the world with record refugee flows and brutal terror attacks.

An online sympathiser of the Islamic State proposed a somewhat bizarre new tactic for the militant group over the weekend.

Republican frontrunner claims more British Muslims join Isis than the UK's Armed Forces.

Extremist site recruits women with smiley faces, birthday cakes and photos of children.

Donald Trump has stepped up his war of words with British officials over what he calls the UK's "massive Muslim problem".

At least four Afghan policemen and one Spaniard have been killed in an hours-long Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul.