News Headlines - 13 August 2015

▽Sweden drops probe into Assange sex assault allegations - Telegraph

Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they would push on with an investigation into an allegation of rape made in 2010 against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after dropping probes into three other allegations as they had run out of time to bring charges.

▽Riot police dispatched to help Greek island of Kos with migrant crisis - Independent.ie

Greece bolstered security at a holiday island struggling to cope with an influx of refugees on Wednesday, a day after frustrated migrants scuffled with police, and pledged to ease the plight of the hundreds arriving daily on its shores.

▽ISIS claims responsibility for Baghdad bomb blast that killed 62 | Fox News

The Islamic State terror group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a massive truck bombing at a Baghdad market in a Shiite neighborhood that killed at least 62 people on Thursday.

▽Former US president Jimmy Carter says cancer has spread

Former US President Jimmy Carter announced on Wednesday that he had been given a diagnosis of cancer that had spread to other parts of his body after being revealed by recent liver surgery.

▽Cooper goes on attack in the battle for Labour’s soul | The Times

Yvette Cooper accused her Labour leadership rival Jeremy Corbyn of offering “old solutions to old problems” yesterday in a shift in gear designed to dent his lead.