The Turkish government has come under fresh criticism for their policy towards the instability in Iraq, where a number of Turkish diplomats have been kidnapped by Islamic militants.
Thousands of families have been forced to flee from Iraq’s second city of Mosul after al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists gained control of the northern city.
A journalist and a photographer from The Times newspaper were attacked and wounded by a rebel group as they attempted to travel to the city of Aleppo in northern Syria.
Heated debates can make for good television, but things got a little out of hand when a fight broke out between two journalists “discussing” the ongoing conflict in Syria on a programme aired on the Jordanian Seven Stars satellite television channel.
South and North Korea have exchanged fire across the disputed Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea.