Iraqi forces pushed out of central Ramadi to extend their grip on the city, sweeping neighbourhoods for pockets of jihadists to flush out and trapped civilians to evacuate.
US authorities said they had arrested and charged a 25-year-old man over an alleged attempt to launch a New Year's Eve attack in Rochester, New York in the name of the Islamic State group.
More than 55,000 people were killed in Syria in 2015, the country's fifth year of war, including over 2,500 children, a monitor said.
Indonesian police on Thursday arrested three men with suspected links to Islamic State as part of an operation in the province of Central Sulawesi to capture the country's most-wanted man, state media reported.
Turkish police on Wednesday detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack on New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital Ankara.
An Islamic State leader with "direct" ties to the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks was among 10 senior figures in the group killed in Syria and Iraq this month, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
A British court convicted a husband and wife of planning a terror attack on the 10th anniversary of the London suicide bombings earlier this year.
Iraqi troops were getting ready on Sunday for a final push to take the remaining district held by Islamic State in the city of Ramadi, army spokesmen said.
The Qatar Stock Exchange opened the week on weaker note on Sunday to lose 64 points and capitalisation sunk below QR600bn on an across-the-board selling.
After the successful Misano Grand Prix, QMMF Racing Team opened a new chapter in its history, with Mika Kallio completing a promising first day of testing as the new teammate of Julian Simon.
