The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Islamic State group jihadists said Sunday they had carried out an attack in northern Iraq killing nine police officers, setting off a roadside bomb before machine-gunning survivors.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing at least nine Iraqi federal policemen on Sunday in a bomb attack on their convoy near the oil city of Kirkuk, the militant group said on its Telegram channel.

Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Gunmen in northern Iraq where remnants of the Islamic State group are active blew up a vehicle carrying policeman before opening fire killing nine, police sources said Sunday.

The blast took place south-west of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to security officials, critically wounding two officers, with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordering a hunt for the "terrorist elements" in response.

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain

Turkish military forces are poised to launch a ground offensive in Syria against US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, accused by Ankara of attacks on Turkey. But Ankara is facing stiff opposition from both Washington and Moscow.

After a difficult start, Suzanne Dredge transformed her life to become a multi-award-winning journalist. Now she is the ABC's first Head of Indigenous News, responsible for elevating coverage of Indigenous Affairs.

In one of the office towers of Kabul's China Town, entrepreneur Yu Minghui sat gauging the aftershocks of the militant attack that severely wounded five of his compatriots in a city centre hotel.

Tunisia holds an election for a new parliament on Saturday. Opposition parties say the legislative chamber - introduced under reforms that concentrated power in the hands of President Kais Saied - is illegal and are boycotting the vote.

A French judge has sentenced eight defendants to prison terms ranging from two to 18 years after three-and-a-half months of heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the Nice terror attacks - which saw driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel smash his truck into a crowd of people watching fireworks on Bastille Day in 2016,…

A French court convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.