Euronews - French police have launched an anti-terror investigation after shooting dead a man thought to be responsible for the murder of a senior police officer and his partner.

BBC- Five people have been killed in an attack on Jordanian intelligence officers at a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the capital, Amman, government officials say.

ISIL’s de facto capital in Syria appears to be under threat, Euronews reports.

Iraqi forces have halted at the edge of Falluja. Facing a fierce counter assault by ISIL militants, the Iraqi prime minister has delayed operations over fears for the civilians trapped in the city, Euronews reports.

BBC - A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has begun a campaign to expel Islamic State (IS) militants from land north of Raqqa.

BBC - The US and other world powers have said they are ready to arm Libya's UN-backed unity government to help it fight the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group.

At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police compound in Yemen, Euronews reports.

BBC - US President Barack Obama says he is to send up to 250 additional military personnel to Syria to support local militias in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS).

BBC - Boko Haram's use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks done by children, the UN's child agency says.

BBC - Syrian rebels have seized control of the strategically important northern town of al-Rai from so-called Islamic State (IS).