The Islamic State has taken responsibility for an attack that killed an Israeli police officer. This is the first attack the Islamic State has claimed to have carried out in Israel.
Pakistan's interior ministry has confirmed that the two Chinese nationals who were kidnapped and killed by Islamic State militants in May were preachers.
After almost three years in captivity, an Iraqi Christian girl abducted by the Islamic State in August 2014 has finally been reunited with her parents.
In two weeks time, the Islamic State terrorist group has killed at least 231 civilians, including children who were trying to flee the city of Mosul, Iraq.
Some 100,000 children may be trapped in Mosul and the Islamic State group may be trying to use them as human shields, according to the United Nations' children's fund.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for twin attacks in Iran’s capital city of Tehran. The attacks killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more.