But some places on the continent are also politically unstable and violent, and tourists are well advised to avoid them. One ...

Every Friday, many Iranian peddlers cross the border into southern Iraq to sell essential goods and household items in the ...

Sally Becker, known as the Angel of Mostar for her life-saving missions in Bosnia, also survived Islamic State killers during ...

The conviction of a former Irish soldier for membership of the so-called Islamic State (IS), because she travelled to Syria ...

A former school dinner lady has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 17 years after planning to travel to ...

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith led a 'totally anonymous' life while living in Syria and there was no 'smoking gun' that she ...

Mother-of-four Farishta Jami, 36, from Warwickshire, was today jailed for life after preparing to travel to Afghanistan with ...

Lisa Smith is appealing against her conviction for being a member of the so-called Islamic State terror group.

Former member of the Defence Forces Lisa Smith led a "totally anonymous" life while living in Syria and there was no "smoking ...

Smith, from Dundalk in Co Louth, is outlining her case against her conviction for being a member of so-called Islamic State at the Court of Appeal.

A provocative new theory suggests that the original Garden of Eden may not have been in Mesopotamia, roughly modern-day Iraq, ...