The Daily Telegraph's Louisa Loveluck says her contact in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya has said that people there are scared that hunger will return soon.
The Denmark-based Risk Intelligence group estimates that last week's attacks by the IS group on Libya's oil terminals destroyed over $1 billion of infrastructure and oil.
Ibrahim Jadhran, the leader of Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) militia, which repelled attacks last week by the IS group on oil ports including Sidra and Ras Lanuf, has said that huge damage has been inflicted on the country's oil infrastructure.
Jadhran also called for support for the PFG, saying that only his forces are present in the oil crescent.
Ibrahim Jadhran, the leader of Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) militia, which repelled attacks last week by the IS group on oil ports including Sidra and Ras Lanuf, has said that huge damage has been inflicted on the country's oil infrastructure.
Jadhran also called for support for the PFG, saying that only his forces are present in the oil crescent.
Belgian police have found two apartments and a house used by suspects before they carried out the terror attacks in Paris, according to prosecutors, AFP is reporting.
The properties included an apartment in the city of Charleroi, where investigators found fingerprints of suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud; an apartment in Schaerbeek, Brussels and a small house in the rural village of Auvelais on the French border.
All the accommodation was rented using false names.
Russia's RIA Novosti is reporting that the Russian Consulate General in Antalya has confirmed the arrest of three Russian nationals.
Turkish media is reporting that the three were arrested in connection with alleged links to the IS group following the deadly attack yesterday in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district.
A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people in a mosque in northern Cameroon, in the latest attack by the Boko Haram group.
The Nigerian-based Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger since last year. The group seeks to create an Islamic state in north eastern Nigeria.
"The suicide attack took place at 5:40 a.m. (2340 ET) in a mosque at Kouyape. There were 13 deaths including the man who blew himself up and one wounded," said a senior local official who declined to be identified.
Turkey's pro-government Star daily has reported that Russia's President Putin may be behind yesterday's deadly bombing that killed 10 people in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district.
According to Today's Zaman, the paper claimed that Russia has a history of supporting terror groups in the region.
German and Turkish interior ministers are set to make a joint press conference at 11.30 a.m. local time in Istanbul following yesterday's suicide bombing in the Sultanahmet district.
The attack killed 10 people, most of whom were German tourists.
Australia has formally declined a request by the United States to increase its military commitment in the Middle East, ABC News is reporting this morning.
"The US has asked 40 or so other countries, including European countries, to consider expanded contributions to the coalition, following the attacks in Paris," a spokesman for Defense Minister Marise Payne said.
"Australia has considered the request from US Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, in light of the substantial contributions we are already making to train Iraqi security forces and to the air campaign.
"The Government has advised Secretary Carter that our existing contributions will continue."