Breaking: NATO looking to enter ISIS fight, steps up support for Ukraine

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is looking to train Iraqi officers and provide other direct support to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, to alleviate the burden on U.S. and other coalition members' resources.

"We will discuss how we can extend our training for Iraqi officers as they continue to fight ISIL," said the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday, using another acronym for ISIS.

"We will consider how we can provide direct support to the coalition against ISIL with AWACS surveillance aircraft," he added. AWACS stands for Airborne Warning and Control System, and is essentially a flying air traffic control tower.

Ukraine ready to sign EU trade deal ‘immediately’ - Poroshenko

Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko is ready to sign a deal establishing free trade between the EU and Ukraine, right after his inauguration on June 7. The agreement lies at the heart of the Ukraine crisis and he hopes it will help “restore peace".

"I'm ready to sign the economic part of the Association Agreement and to enter a free trade zone with the EU immediately after the inauguration," Poroshenko said during a meeting in Warsaw on Wednesday with Austrian President Heinz Fischer.

Kiev signed the political part of the trade agreement, which will break down barriers between Ukraine’s $145 billion economy and Europe’s nearly $17 trillion economy.

It had been reported that Poroshenko may be hesitant to sign the agreement, as he may need some time to address Ukraine’s desperate internal problems first, and not rush into foreign partnerships.