FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday there was no credible threat of a Paris-style attack in the U.S., but his agency had taken terrorism investigations “up a notch,” reports Reuters. Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council is about to declare a common war against ISIS and “eradicate” jihadists in Iraq and Syria, according to The Independent.

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