Islamic State is committing genocide and other war crimes against the Yazidi community in Iraq and Syria, a UN investigative panel on Syria said as it urged countries to do more to stop it.

The UN children's fund has issued a stark warning to Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants to spare thousands of youngsters trapped by the battle for Fallujah.

The political and security vacuum in Libya is being exploited by the Islamic State extremist group which has "significantly expanded" the territory it controls in the conflict-torn nation, United Nations experts have said.

Turkey and its allies are planning operations to clear Islamic State militants out of a stretch of the country’s border with Syria.

Britain's top military commander claims the UK's "letting down" its allies by not taking part in airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria.