ISIS

  Ona Ekhomu, President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, says the Islamic State (IS)...

Russia defence ministry says one of its air strikes in Syria may have killed Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, leader of the world’s most brutal terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The blast, which came a few days into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was one of the deadliest to hit the Afghan capital in recent years.

Pope Francis is in Egypt on a visit aimed at improving Christian-Muslim dialogue, three weeks after bombing of two Coptic churches killed 45 people.

Egypt has declared a three-month state of emergency after ISIS bombed two churches in a horror Palm Sunday attack which left 49 dead and over 100 injured.

The minister cited the recent recruitment into ISIS of 27 medical students of the University of Medical Sciences and Technology, UMST, in Sudan as an example of the new strategy being used by the organisation to recruit more members.