Hammond in Iraq to meet country's new prime minister
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is in Iraq to meet the country's new prime minister Haider al-Abadi.
Hammond said he was holding discussions on combating extremism and improving national unity.
Western ground troops 'not the right way' to tackle IS
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said that Britain and the US do not see the use of western ground troops as "the right way" to take on Islamic State.
He said it would only serve to "feed the narrative" of the Islamist extremists, and reiterated that British personnel would only serve in a training capacity.
He was speaking during a visit to Iraq to meet the country's new prime minister Haider al-Abadi.
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Welby: Islamic State is a 'once in a millennium threat'
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has told ITV News the rise of Islamic State militants is a 'once in a millennium threat'.
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British soldiers train Kurdish forces in Iraq
A "small specialist team" of British soldiers is training Kurdish forces near the town of Erbil in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said.
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FBI in bid to ID English-speaking militant in IS video
The FBI want help to identify an English-speaking militant captured on a video released by the Islamic State last month.