Tense Turkey returns to the polls: Erdogan's AK Party seeks majority

Turks are going to the polls in parliamentary elections for the second time in five months.

ISIL - responsibility for eastern Iraq blasts claim

A market bombing last month in the Diyala province
also claimed by ISIL killed more than 100 people       

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for attacks that killed more than 50 people near the eastern Iraqi city of Baquba.

More than 80 people were injured in Monday's attacks that happened in predominantly Shia areas in Diyala province.

The deadliest attack occurred in the town of Huwaydir. Police said a suicide car blast tore through a marketplace, killing dozens of people.

SEEN: ISIS building capacity for mass casualty attacks

Washington (CNN) - Some in the U.S. intelligence community warn that ISIS may be working to build the capability to carry out mass casualty attacks, a significant departure from the terror group's current focus on encouraging lone wolf attacks, a senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Friday.

US ‘asked Turkey’ to wait for its jets before Striking ISIL

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The United States officially asked Turkey to stop its independent aerial strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Syria until it actively joins an international coalition so as to ensure coordination between the Turkish army and coalition members. 

UN official Zainab Bangura confirms Isis 'price list' for child slaves as genuine

A United Nations official has said that she has seen a 'price list' for child slaves that has been circulated amongst Isis fighters in Syria and Iraq.

Zainab Bangura, the UN's Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict, said that she was given