Kurds warn of massacre by Islamic State, Turkey stops short of action
"There is bombardment with tanks, artillery, rockets and mortars," says head of the Kurdish forces defending Kobani
Syrian army fights for last major rebel route into Aleppo
Taking the road would reduce the rebels' ability to resupply and it would allow the army to besiege areas of the city which fell to insurgents two years ago
Turkey vows support for besieged Syrian town, but no military pledge
More than 180,000 Syrian Kurds have now fled to Turkey to escape Islamic State insurgents' assault
Turkey will try to stop Islamic State taking Kurdish border town -PM
IS fighters have advanced to within a few kilometres (miles) of the centre of Kobani, sending more than 150,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey
Kurds call to arms as Islamic State closes in on Syrian town
"My expectation is for general killing, massacres and destruction" - head of Kurdish forces
Nigeria's Boko Haram 'leader' appears in new video
A man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau again declares towns seized an Islamic state, contradicting Nigerian military reports that he had been killed
UN concerned about Myanmar's ethnic, religious tensions
The situation is especially worrying in Rakhine state where the conditions at camps for internally displaced persons have deteriorated
Islamic State presses assault on Syrian border town, Kurds warn Turkey
Thousands more Kurdish refugees cross into Turkey, dragging Ankara deeper into the conflict