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Blamed by some for prompting the rise of the Islamic State insurgency, Turkey has finally taken steps to tighten its borders with Iraq and Syria.
French President Francois Hollande said that "France does not pay ransoms" for hostages, nor does it exchange prisoners.
Barack Obama and US lawmakers ratcheted up the pressure on the IS, the president declaring there was no hiding place for the jihadists.
According to some open Syrian sources, the Islamists troops comprise around 250 Kazakhstan-born, 100 Kyrgyzstan-born, 190 Tajikistan-born, 500 Uzbekistan-born and around 360 Turkmenistan-born militants.
Francois Hollande said there was "no time to lose" in fighting jihadists in Iraq and called for a total backing for moderate rebels in Syria.
The UN Security Council condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of British aid worker David Haines by an Islamic State militant.
The family of James Foley, the US reporter murdered by Islamist militants in Syria, launched a foundation in his name to support kidnap victims.
The White House declared the United States was at war with Islamic State radicals, seeking to rub out another semantic flap over its Syria policy.
The White House insisted that President Barack Obama was authorized to strike the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria under a law passed by Congress.
Barack Obama's vow to take the fight to jihadists will expand a US-led air war already underway and likely require deploying more special forces.
The so-called "Islamic State" released a video showing a masked militant with a London accent apparently beheading an American journalist.
Kazakh political analyst Yerlan Karin called the video purporting to show Kazakhstani citizens fighting in Syria an information manipulation.
At least 16 Kazakhstanis are know to have joined the extremist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq.
Filipino members of a UN peacekeeping force besieged by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights are ready to use "deadly force" to defend themselves.
Angelina Jolie called for a new bid to bring peace to Syria which she said was destabilising the whole region and bringing misery to millions.
Dozens of heavily armed Philippine peacekeepers defied Syrian rebels in a Golan Heights standoff.
The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist leaded for his life amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria.
Japan's government said it was investigating a video that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being interrogated by Syrian militants.
The UN Security Council backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.
The Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Monday in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring states.
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