• The U.S. Air Force has temporarily halted manned aerial missions inside a section of northern Syria where U.S. aircraft had been supporting rebel groups combating the Islamic State.
• Finance ministers from the 15 nations on the U.N. Security Council met to adopt a resolution aimed at disrupting the Islamic State's revenue streams from selling oil and antiquities, ransom payments and other criminal activities.
• U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made a surprise visit to Afghanistan.
• The newly formed 34-nation military coalition to combat terrorism elected former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab as the coordinator of peace talks.
• Lawmakers from Libya's rival parliaments in Tripoli and Tobruk signed a U.N.-sponsored peace deal to form a unity government.
• Japan's central bank launched a surprise expansion of its stimulus efforts.
• The African Union's Peace and Security Council has agreed in principal to send troops to Burundi.
