• As Islamic State Spreads, U.S. Officials Urge More Information Sharing

  U.S. officials on Thursday called on partners in the coalition against Islamic State to increase information sharing to counter the militant group's expanding reach beyond Iraq and Syria, and said a victory in the northern city of Mosul was now in sight.

  

• Brazil Arrests 10 Islamic Extremists for Preparing 'Acts of Terrorism' at Olympics

  Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday on suspicion of belonging to a group supporting Islamic State (IS) and preparing acts of terrorism during next month's Olympicsin Rio de Janeiro, Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes said.

  

• Half of Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon are Out of School: HRW

  More than half of the nearly 500,000 Syrian children registered as refugees in Lebanon are missing out on formal education and a government campaign to increase enrolment has failed to reach its target, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

  

• Quarter of a Million Children Starving in Boko Haram's Home State in Nigeria: UNICEF

  Just under a quarter of a million children in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, where an insurgency waged by jihadists Boko Haram has disrupted trade andhealthcare, suffer from life-threatening malnourishment, UNICEF said on Tuesday.

  

• Suspected U.S. Coalition Strikes Kill 56 Civilians in IS-Held Syrian City: Monitor

  At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they believed the attack was carried out by U.S.-led warplanes, a monitoring group said.