The Kurdish region’s military forces, the Peshmerga Ministry, states that over 700 IraqiKurds have died fighting ISIL forces since June. (AFP via Daily Star)
Arts and culture
Russian billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov who bought the 1962 Nobel gold medal of scientist James Watson says that he is donating it back to Watson as a gift because the "discovery of DNA structure must belong to him". (BBC)
Nature publishes research by the University of Toronto announcing the discovery of a new class of stem cells called F-class stem cells that have the potential to be better and safer to use in medical research. (CBC)