Inquest reveals details of Sydney seige gunman's death

The survey, commissioned by a French human rights group, came after terror attacks in Belgium and months after deadly assaults in Paris.

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen demanded to a crisis negotiator that the US "stop bombing Syria and Iraq," according to transcripts released by the FBI.

Key details remain unknown about what exactly happened during the violent episode in Orlando and the hostage standoff that followed.

The 16-strong New Zealand Defence Force team is joining forces with around 2000 personnel from the Five Eyes partner nations.

A solemn President Barack Obama visited with grief-stricken families of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.

COMMENT: I write this as a Muslim even though being a Muslim does not define me.

After the massacre in Orlando, the head of a prominent Muslim advocacy group made remarks beyond the expected condemnations.

In the same way, people in 100 years will live with the consequences of the decisions we make now.

A man has killed a policeman and his wife in an attack at their home in a Paris suburb by a man who reportedly yelled 'Allahu Akhbar'.

We will never know precisely why a 29-year-old American went to a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and started shooting people.

COMMENT: This incident raises questions about the dangers of the pursuit of intolerance and hatred through political, social and religious teachings.

The gunman in America's worst mass shooting had been investigated by the FBI for terror links twice but was still able to purchase high-powered weapons.

In the grim statistics of terrorism in America, the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando appears to represent the deadliest attack on US soil since 9/11.

The first American captured on the battlefield after escaping to fight with Islamic State has a message for other westerners - don't go there

In March, a senior commander with Isis was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone blasted his vehicle to oblivion.

Followers of Islamic State doctrine face court in NZ.

Isis (Islamic State) insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria yesterday.

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 final chapter, or "28 pages", of the US report on 9/11 has remained hidden because "it needs to be".

COMMENT: The internet has provided a skewed image of the world dominated by hero-worship and celebrity culture.

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.