Iraq

Barack Obama confirms the death of Kayla Mueller, a US aid worker who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants.

Jordan carries out a third day of airstrikes against Islamic State targets as it “avenges” the murder of a Jordanian pilot who was burned to death by the jihadist group.

Enslaved, beaten, raped, and sold – a group of Yazidi women kept as sex slaves by Islamic State militants escape to tell Channel 4 News their story.

Britain needs to play a greater role in the fight in Iraq against Islamic State militants, according to a report published by MPs.

NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologises for incorrectly recalling a story about being shot at in a helicopter during the Iraq war. But surely the internet would be sympathetic? Yeah, maybe not.

NBC News anchor Brian Williams retracts a story he told on air about coming under fire while travelling in a US army helicopter in Iraq in 2003.

Jordan hangs two convicted Iraqi jihadists in response to Islamic State’s apparent killing of one of its fighter pilots, Muath al-Kasasbeh.

Sir John Chilcot tells MPs his long-awaited report on the Iraq war will be released as soon as possible and denies he was put under pressure to delay publication because of the election.

Sir John Chilcot tells MPs on the foreign affairs committee his inquiry’s report into the Iraq war will be published as soon as possible, but not before the election.

The killing of at least 30 security personnel in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula could be more than just jihadist violence – but an indication of new and dangerous tactics from the Islamic State group.

Plaid Cymru’s Elfyn Llwyd says the ongoing wait for the Chilcot report is an “expensive farce and an affront to democracy” in a Westminster debate over the inquiry’s delays.

Senior figures from the US-led coalition fighting the militant Islamic State group have all gathered in London, debating how soon Iraqi forces can mount a sustained attack from the ground.

The long awaited Chilcot report into Britain’s role in the Iraq war – intended to be published at the end of 2012 – will now not be released until after the general election, government sources say.