Indonesian security forces have killed a suspected militant accused of beheadings, during a shootout in a sweeping counterterrorism campaign against extremists in remote mountain jungles, police said.

Indonesia’s elite counter-terrorism squad has arrested a convicted militant and suspected leader of an al Qaida-linked group that has been blamed for a string of past bombings in the country, Indonesia police said.

Zakaria Zubeidi has long been an object of fascination for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

New Zealand has agreed to repatriate an alleged militant with the so-called Islamic State and her two young children, who have been detained in Turkey since February.

Dozens of Islamist fighters stormed through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan near the Libyan border attacking army and police posts in a raid that killed at least 50 people.