Militants from the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) have vowed to wipe the United States “off the map”, denying that the air strikes has affected its military power.
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the cancellation of Joan Rivers’ upcoming UK tour after she said that the Palestinians killed in the latest Gaza conflict “deserve to be dead”.
Iraq’s deputy speaker Haider al-Abadi has been nominated to replace Nouri Maliki as prime minister by President Fuad Masum.
A fresh five-day ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Hamas, just as the previous three-day truce came to a close.
France has announced that it will supply arms to the Iraqi Kurds, after a request from authorities in Kurdistan was approved by Baghdad.