Warfare

In an exclusive interview, Yazidi leader Mirza Dinnayi claims Islamic State jihadists killed more than 350 men – far more than the 80 previously reported – and abducted 1,000 women and children.

Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly massacre 80 members of the Yazidi minority, although reports emerge of a far larger number being killed.

Minority Yazidis in Iraq are reportedly buried alive as the US steps up airstrikes against the Islamic State, which declares ‘caliphate’ in the region.

Five Palestinians are killed in Gaza after more than 20 Israeli airstrikes as international efforts to agree an extended ceasefire are deadlocked.

From women’s rights to Gaza, the First World War has shaped the greatest events of the 20th century – and beyond.

Nearly a century ago, British soldiers invaded Gaza to push out the Turks. Paul Mason pays a visit to what was to be the final resting place for some.

Prime Minister David Cameron leaves a personal message with his wreath commemorating world war one, but Labour says Ed Miliband was not given the chance to write a personal message.

The Foreign Office tweets extracts from diplomatic telegrams, dispatches and letters in real time to mark the start of world war one, 100 years on. Here are just some of the key moments.

Jon Snow talks to Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who has said there’s “a strong possibility” that Israel’s attacks on Gaza amount to a war crime.

President Obama’s deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes tells Channel 4 News that Russia bears a “great deal of responsibility” for the downing of Flight MH17 in Ukraine.

They have been called state sponsors of terrorism – but now the United States is considering working together with Iran, as both countries try to stop Iraq disintegrating into chaos.

US marine commander Elliot Ackerman tells Channel 4 News there is no appetite to intervene in Iraq but former ambassador James Jeffrey says Iraq is sinking “slowly under the control of terrorism”.