UK-based insurance companies are to be banned from paying ransoms to terrorist groups under new proposals set to be announced by Home Secretary Theresa May.
British hostage John Cantlie has appeared in a new Islamic State (IS) propaganda video in which he appears to be speaking from with the Syrian city of Kobane, near the Turkish border.
US military aircraft have made a number of airdrops of weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to Kurdish YPG fighters battling Islamic State (IS) militants in Kobane.
Dutch prosecutors have declared it legal for biker gang members to travel to Syria and Iraq and fight against the Islamic State.
On Monday morning, Turkish press reported that Turkey had granted the anti-IS coalition permission to launch air strikes from Incirlik Air Base in the east of the country.