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• Beyond Scotland: four more potential independence referendums

  8 Sep 2014: All eyes may be on Scotland, but the UK vote isn’t the only referendum around. From Iraq to Papua New Guinea, potential nations are planning to make a break for independence. Homa Khaleeli picks four movements to watch

• Majority in Iraqi Kurdistan oppose female genital mutilation

  8 Sep 2014: Survey reveals widespread knowledge of FGM’s dangers, with 68% of people saying it should be eliminated

• US to intensify bombing campaign against Isis in Iraq

  8 Sep 2014: Obama says list of targets rising at request of Baghdad government as Washington widens parameters of mission

• The Kurds are pushing Isis back – but it’s western airstrikes that tip the balance

  8 Sep 2014: Mohammed A Salih: Without military support the Kurdish fighters would be at a disadvantage in a battle for regional and global security

• Obama to reveal Isis strategy – but pledges 'no Iraq war'

  8 Sep 2014:

  The Arab League calls for members to support efforts against Isis, as Obama seeks to widen coalition against the extremists

• David Cameron and Barack Obama aim for broad-based assault on Isis

  4 Sep 2014:

  Prime minister's rhetoric around Isis ramps up, despite there being no immediate plans for UK involvement in US air strikes

• Britain to arm Kurds fighting Isis in northern Iraq

  4 Sep 2014: Senior British officer dispatched to advise Kurdish forces, but no arms will be sent to Baghdad until it has formed government

• US military Isis air strikes in Iraq: day-by-day breakdown

  3 Sep 2014: On August 8, US president Barack Obama announced air strikes against Isis in Iraq. See the day-by-day breakdown of the air strikes

• Isis beheading ‘justifies’ Australia’s Iraq intervention, says Abbott

  2 Sep 2014: Tony Abbott says ‘pure evil’ of Isis militants means action necessary ‘to protect people from this murderous rage’

• Tony Abbott says 'extreme force' is justified to counter Isis threat

  2 Sep 2014: Australian PM says Islamist extremists are 'nothing but a death cult' as his country prepares to help US arm the Kurds

• UN to send investigators to Iraq over Islamic State 'atrocities'

  2 Sep 2014: Jihadis and Iraqi government forces both carried out 'acts of inhumanity', says human rights commissioner

• Abbott on Iraq: 'Doing nothing means leaving millions exposed to death'

  1 Sep 2014: Prime minister says Australia has no intention to commit combat troops on the ground but ‘is not inclined to stand by’

• Isis video shows beheading of Kurdish fighter

  29 Aug 2014:

  The video, titled 'A message in blood to the leaders of the American-Kurdish alliance', follows air strikes in northern Iraq

• Kurdish forces halt Isis advance in Iraq - video

  Video (58 sec), 28 Aug 2014:

  Kurdish peshmerga forces retake control of areas south-east of Erbil in Iraq on Wednesday

• The Americans left me on Iraq's Mount Sinjar. I just want to be lifted out

  28 Aug 2014: Abu Sulaiman: We Yazidis fled to the mountain when Isis attacked the town of Sinjar. But without help, I wonder if there is any hope of going home

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