European and US leaders are pushing for a new peace deal in eastern Ukraine, as fighting escalates between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists.
The US has negotiated support from ten Arab states to help them tackle the threat of the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere.
The US has offered “intense and sustained support” for Iraq as they attempt to take back control of areas of the country lost Sunni militants in recent weeks.
The situation remains tense in Crimea, although the 3am deadline, by which Russia had reportedly told Ukrainian forces to leave Crimea by or face a military attack, has passed without incident.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the world to act on climate change, describing it as “the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction”.