IS Has Iraqi Towns In Lockdown As Battles Rage

Kurdish forces are struggling to defend themselves against Islamic State (IS) militants in northeast Iraq and are appealing for more international help. There has been fighting around towns including Jalula and Sa'dya, which have been controlled by...

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US 'Ready To Take Action Against IS In Syria'

The US has said it will not be restricted by the Iraq-Syria border as it considers further action against Islamic State militants. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes the US stood ready to take action to protect American citizens...

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Ukraine: Can Merkel Broker A Breakthrough?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has two key objectives for her visit to Ukraine. First the meeting with Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko must send a united message to the Russians. Her visit comes just days before Mr Poroshenko will hold crucial talks...

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Russia Aid Trucks 'Took Ukraine Military Goods'

A Ukrainian army spokesman has accused Russia of using aid trucks to take production equipment from two military plants. A convoy of about 200 vehicles entered the country on Friday without the permission of the Ukraine government - and left on Saturday...

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Iceland Raises Volcano Aviation Warning To Red

A surge in seismic activity has caused Iceland to raise the aviation alert for its Bardarbunga volcano from orange to red. "There is an ongoing eruption beneath the glacial surface, probably a small eruption which has not been able to melt the ice cap,"...

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Iraq: Kurdish Forces Fight To Retake Mosul Dam

'Corpses Everywhere' After Jihadist 'Massacre' Updated: 12:54pm UK, Saturday 16 August 2014 Dead bodies were found "everywhere" when Yazidi fighters arrived at a village where jihadists have been accused of carrying out a massacre, witnesses have said....

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Britons Aboard Sunken Indonesian Tourist Boat

Two Britons are in hospital and 15 other people are missing after a tourist boat sank while travelling between islands in Indonesia. The tourists were on a boat travelling from Lombok island to the Komodo Islands and are believed to have hit...

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Russian Missile Launchers 'Cross Into Ukraine'

A convoy of Russian military equipment, including at least three missile launchers, has crossed into Ukraine, according to officials in Kiev, as a fighter jet was shot down by pro-Moscow rebels. A Ukrainian military spokesman said at least three Grad...

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Ebola Spread Feared As Sufferers Flee Mob

At least 17 ebola patients have fled a quarantine centre in Liberia after it was attacked by armed men. The sufferers fled after looters broke into the clinic in a Monrovia slum, stealing blood-stained matresses and sheets, and claiming ebola was a...

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Ebola Alert In Spain After Man Taken Ill

An ebola alert has been activated in Alicante, Spain, after a young Nigerian man was admitted to hospital with fever and vomiting. Spanish health authorities activated alert protocols after the man was admitted to a hospital with "several symptoms"...

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