The US-led coalition have led a series of fresh air strikes on Islamic State (IS) positions surrounding the Kurdish city of Kobane.
Turkish MPs have voted to allow its military to enter Iraq and Syria and foreign troops to use its territory to combat the threat of the Islamic State.
A Canadian-born militant from the Islamic State has warned of a “brilliant attack” on New York, in an interview with VICE News.
In his closing address at the UN General Assembly, British Prime Minister David Cameron made a plea to other world leaders to unite against the threat posed by the jihadi militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
David Cameron has said that parliament will be recalled on Friday to discuss the UK’s possible involvement in air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq.