IT is entirely appropriate that security measures be updated to neutralise those who would destroy our way of life. The legislation to allow security agencies wider access to email and internet communications, already in place for phone communications, is being prepared.

As investigators piece together the background to the Westminster terror attack, the picture beginning to emerge appears to bear the hallmarks of a "lone wolf" strike.

The Islamic State has urged followers to attack citizens of the US, France, and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the ultra-radical group.

A French citizen has been kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants while hiking in a mountainous Algerian region that is a known hideout for North Africa’s al Qaida branch.

An offshoot of al-Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a statement posted on jihadist websites said yesterday.