Key says he does not expect any "dramatic change" in NZ's contribution to the fight against Isis despite a formal request from the US for more resources.

Kiwi women who have left the country to marry jihadist fighters in the Middle East have not had their passports cancelled and are free to return, the Government says.

National Islamic Women's Council not aware of any New Zealand jihadi brides heading to war torn regions to join the fight with Isis.

Q&A: SIS says Kiwi women are travelling to Iraq and Syria - so what exactly does this mean for security in NZ?

SIS director Rebecca Kitteridge says she did not know whether they were going as "jihadi brides" to fight themselves or to support Isis fighters.

Republican presidential candidate calls for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States".

The terrifying extent of Isis' plans to build a state laid bare in a 24-page manual for the terror group leaked to the Guardian.

Special Ops task force will expand US troops' direct involvement in battling Isis commanders.

Twelve years ago, George W Bush gave his "Mission Accomplished" speech from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, confident that the Saddam Hussein regime had been....

The downing of a Russian SU24 fighter jet by Turkish authorities was inevitable. Russia has flouted the territorial border of Turkey time and again in the past few months so it is no surprise that this has happened.

NZ urges vigilance in public places like Britomart after US worldwide travel alert on Isis.

Belgian security forces are still hunting down suspected Isis militants after making more than a dozen arrests in a series of raids yesterday.

For nearly two years I had been working for an international aid agency, being sent between different humanitarian crises. I spent much of this time working with Syrian refugees on the Jordanian and Lebanese borders.

At least 36 people have been killed in air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets on Islamic State-controlled Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said.

Muslim communities have to be more forthright in their commitment to Western values and less indulgent of those in their midst who preach and practice hatred, writes Paul Thomas.

Are rock bands running scared from Europe? Foo Fighters, Deftones and Prince have all cancelled tours following the Paris attacks.

Friend describes how a five-year-old was found covered in blood, hidden beneath his mother's lifeless body.

A father, with his young daughter watching, sacrificed himself to save others when Isis terrorists struck Beirut last week.

Jihadists are able to travel freely from Syria to Europe as one in 100 are checked against the EU's anti-terrorism watchlist in some countries.

Andy Dowding has been producing the Vodafone NZ Music Awards with his Kiwi partner Justine McKay since their lives in New York were overturned by the events of 9/11.

Islamic State supporters in New Zealand are being monitored, a police spokeswoman says.

One suspected terrorist was shot dead, another died when her suicide vest detonated, and four police were wounded in the battle which began about 4.30am.

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier will be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to boost operations in Syria.

The Paris attacks and the largely stalemated war in Iraq and Syria have prompted heavy criticism of Barack Obama's handling of the fight against Isis.

France launched fresh air strikes against Syria yesterday, as a defiant Paris reopened for business.