Banning laptops on flights was prompted by 'credible' reports of potential IS attacks
Affected airlines have until Saturday to implement the restrictions.
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Affected airlines have until Saturday to implement the restrictions.
Iraqi forces recently retook the building from the so-called Islamic State group.
Sniffer dogs have been brought in to search for explosives.
The new restriction comes as a Kurdish-Arab alliance of fighters nears Raqa, backed by the US-led coalition launching air strikes against IS.
The 42-year-old was refused bail and will appear again in court next month.
The MP said he agrees with the comparison.
A BBC reporter is on the front lines with the soldiers and is publishing regular updates.
Iraqi forces have launched an offensive against Islamic State in the contested town of Mosul.
The stage is set for what could be Iraq’s bloodiest battle yet in the fight against IS.
Russian and Turkish authorities appear keen to move on after today’s airstrike.
The US security programme dealing with IS online is beset with “incompetence, cronyism and flawed data”.
The satirical sketch has been watched millions of times.
People hid in bathrooms, and even a freezer, to avoid the gunman.
The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The 40-year-old is accused of planning the attack at the Christmas market in Berlin with Anis Amri.
German paper Bild says that the driver was shot in the head between 4.30pm and 5.30pm on the day of the attack.
The 19-minute video shows two uniformed men being hauled from a cage before being bound and torched.
The battle lasted nearly four and a half years, turning the city into a worldwide symbol of bloodshed and devastation.
The plot was expected to target one of Melbourne’s best-known intersections on Christmas Day.
Earlier, the Pakistani asylum seeker arrested in connection with the incident was released due to lack of evidence.
The camp where the explosion took place also a suicide bombing on 10 December which killed at least 45 people.
Abrini would become known as the “man in the hat” after his image was caught on security cameras.
Yemeni authorities have for months pressed a campaign against jihadists.
Such public criticism of the Sunni power is unprecedented for a British foreign minister.
The deadly strike came as Iraqi forces battled jihadists deep inside Mosul.
A new report says IS will likely target countries that are members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting the extremist organisation.
Retaking the beleaguered city from rebel forces is key for regime head Bashar al Assad’s strategy in the now five-year war.
Joshua Molloy, a Laois native and ex-British soldier, was arrested when trying to return to Ireland.
It warned American citizens of credible information showing planned attacks by Isis and Al-Qa’ida this Christmas.
Both Aleppo and Mosul are being besieged by pro-government forces strongly supported by foreign air power but the media coverage is very different, writes Tom Clonan.
Iraqi troops pushed towards Nimrud last week.
Bodies were buried amongst rubbish in shallow graves.
In the past, Terry Kelly appeared on the Late Late Show, and spoke to RTÉ’s Philip Boucher Hayes.
Operation “Wrath of the Euphrates” involves some 30,000 fighters and began on Saturday night.
His lawyer says he will fight the sentence.
“Do not retreat. Holding your ground with honour is a thousand times easier than retreating in shame.”
Western defence chiefs are already looking towards IS’s other major stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
Nearly all such raids have been carried out by the Islamic State group.
IS has claimed a string of deadly suicide bombings in Baghdad in recent days.
Iraqi forces are said to be ahead of schedule in their fight to take back the city.