Hundreds gathered at Butler University on Sunday to celebrate the life of Peter Kassig, the American aid worker killed by Islamic State militants earlier this month.
British nationals who become foreign fighters abroad could be prevented from returning home under tough new laws to deal with jihadists fighting in conflicts like Iraq and Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.
A historic church in Syria dedicated to the one and a half million Armenians murdered by the Turks in 1915 has reportedly been reduced to rubble by Islamists.
Iraqi military forces reached the centre of the northern city of Baiji on Sunday, while contradictory reports emerged over the fate of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.