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.
Britons who travel abroad to wage jihad could be prevented from returning to the UK under new powers outlined by the prime minister.
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.