It was likely to be yet another fruitless raid, the latest chapter in the agonizing four-month search for the terrorists. But it was anything but routine.

Conspiracy theorists say jihadi bride claims deliberately created a climate to ease the way for our spy agencies to be given more power, which they now do look likely to get, writes Barry Soper.

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.

Gerry Brownlee is leaving for Europe today for a meeting of countries to discuss the US-led coalition against Isis.

A savage Isis group that consisted of Jihadi John and four other extremists were called the Beatles by victims because of their British accents.

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.

It will raise NZ's target profile amongst Islamists and could invite attack at home. But it is a necessary, justifiable and ultimately right thing to do, writes Paul Buchanan.

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.