Despite reports the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, there is no definitive proof as of yet.

Rachel Smalley, recovering in Beirut from her first marathon, hot-footed it to a bomb site where at least 43 people were killed in a shopping street.

Aviation security is likely to be tightened following a review that's been given impetus by the apparent bombing of a Russian plane in Egypt.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested by University of Missouri police for posting threats to the racially roiled campus on social media,.

Three major airlines announced yesterday that they would no longer fly over the Sinai Peninsula after a Russian passenger plane crashed in the area.

Veteran diplomat Carl Worker has been appointed the role which was created late last year after NZ confirmed plans to send troops to Iraq.

A British man held in Guantanamo Bay has given an account of his 14-year ordeal and made a number of shocking claims.

The devastated mother of a Kiwi basketballer who narrowly survived yesterday's college massacre is rushing to be with her son.

Taliban insurgents have seized control of key facilities across a major city in northern Afghanistan, driving back stunned security forces in a multi-pronged attack.

Jihadists are defecting from Isis after their "Islamist utopia" of luxury cars and "heroism" never materialised.

The latest issue of Dabiq, Isis' English-language magazine, contains a conspicuous number of offensive provocations.

Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the United States Defence Intelligence Agency said yesterday in a frank assessment that is at odds with Obama Administration policy.

Britain should "crush" Isil by taking part in military action in Syria, a former Archbishop of Canterbury suggests today amid mounting calls for further air strikes.

The clandestine programme represents a significant escalation of the CIA's involvement in the war in Syria, enlisting the agency's powerful Counterterrorism Centre.

Thailand's junta is under scrutiny after mistakenly showing an unrelated picture of a suicide vest during a nationally televised broadcast announcing the arrest of a foreign man in connection with....

Barefoot, blindfolded and dressed only in blue hospital pyjamas, the Moroccan gunman accused of attacking passengers on a train from Amsterdam to Paris was led into a court building in the French....

Police insist they would rather risk a prosecution failing than risk members of the community being hurt or killed after a 18-year-old from Melbourne was cleared of a terror charge.

Security was stepped up on major European rail services as fears of "blowback" attacks by jihadis returning from Syria escalated after a gunman known to the intelligence agencies opened fire on a high-speed train bound for Paris.

Several foreigners are believed to be among a network of at least 10 people involved in the Bangkok shrine bombing, according to Thailand's police chief.

Al-Qaeda has released a message, purportedly from Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, calling for attacks on London and other western cities.

German troops involved in a coalition training mission in Iraq have reported that Isis (Islamic State) fighters have used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia.

Homegrown extremists will not be concerned a kill list the so-called Islamic State purportedly published is riddled with dated or public information, a security analyst says.

Israeli leaders proposed harsh new measures to curb "Jewish terrorism" after a wave of extremist violence left Israeli and Palestinian children dead in knife and arson attacks.

Confirmation of the death of Mullah Muhammad Omar, the reclusive cleric who founded the Afghan Taliban, is likely to complicate the pursuit for peace in the country.

Photos show the horror on the faces of Bush and Cheney after the attacks.

The leader of the Khorasan Group was killed when a vehicle he was travelling in near Sarmada in northwestern Syria was struck by US missiles.

Britain must accept that "sooner or later" ground troops and tanks will have to be sent into combat to overcome Isis a former chief of the Armed Forces has said.

Victims of the Tunisian terror attack are considering legal action against the tour operators and hotel owners at the resort where 30 British tourists were massacred.

A British schoolgirl who fled to Syria to join Islamic State (Isis) has reportedly married a notorious Australian-born jihadist who threatened to carry out attacks in Britain.