Iraq ministry says an Islamic State leader killed; U.S. denies any attack
The second most senior member of Islamic State was killed in a coalition air strike, Iraq's defence ministry says
Unclear if Islamic State runaways can return to Britain - minister
Attempts by British runaways to return from Syria or Iraq will be decided on a case-by-case basis
Hezbollah, Syrian army make big gains in border battle
The gains come at a time when Syria's President Assad has suffered significant defeats elsewhere
Islamic State attacks army-held areas in central Syria
Monitoring group reports large numbers of dead following clashes in Homs province
ICC prosecutor says could investigate Islamic State in Libya
The United Nations Security Council asked the court in 2011 to investigate crimes committed since the start of an uprising the same year that led to the fall of leader Muammar Gaddafi
Syrian artist Shamma brings civil war portraits to London
"World Civil War Portraits" focuses on the faces of the displaced, tortured and killed, young and old
Five million Syrians at high risk of explosive weapons - study
Heavily-populated western provinces of Aleppo, Deraa, Homs, Idlib and Rural Damascus are most affected
Wary of disorder in Libya and Mali, Algerian army targets southern smuggling
Since last month, the Algerian military says it has arrested more than 650 suspected smugglers on its borders
EU plan to redistribute migrants strains solidarity
Plan calls for refugees to be shared out and EU to resettle Syrian refugees, but needs approval from all EU's 28 governments