The destruction of historical and religious artifacts in Nimrud, by the so-called Islamic State, is merely the latest example of these fundamentalists hiding evidence of a past that contradicts their rigid contemporary orthodoxy (Irish Examiner, April 13). 

There has been international condemnation of the destruction of one of the world's most important archaeological sites by members of Islamic State.

VETERAN militant Ayman al-Zawahri has taken command of al-Qaida after the killing of Osama bin Laden, an Islamist website said, a move widely expected following his long years as second-in-command.

Egyptian state television is reporting that "terrorists" have blown up a gas pipeline in the north of the country.