Family Of UK Hostage Tell IS Captors: Contact Us

British Aid Worker Held By IS Militants Updated: 6:10pm UK, Thursday 04 September 2014 David Cawthorne Haines is an aid worker with more than a decade of experience in areas including South Sudan, Libya and the former Yugoslavia. A father-of-two,...

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Islamic State May Have 31,500 Fighters, Says CIA

The Islamic State (IS) may have as many as 31,500 fighters in Syria and Iraq - three times higher than previously feared, the CIA believes. A review of intelligence reports from May to August estimates the militant group can muster between 20,000 and...

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Ukraine PM: Putin Wants All Of Our Country

Ukraine's prime minister has accused Russia of seeking to to control all of the country and restore the Soviet Union. Addressing business leaders at a conference in Kiev, Arseny Yatseniuk warned President Vladimir Putin was a threat to global order...

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Pakistan Blows Up Dykes To Divert Floodwaters

Military specialists have blown up dykes in central Pakistan to divert swollen rivers after rising floodwaters killed hundreds of people in Kashmir. Authorities have been using helicopters and boats to evacuate people who have been left stranded by...

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Americans Warned Over Uganda Terror Operation

The US embassy in Uganda has told its citizens to take shelter as Ugandan authorities act against a suspected terrorist cell. The embassy warned that al Shabaab militants in the country planned to carry out an "imminent attack". "All US citizens are...

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Islamic State May Have 31,500 Fighters, Says CIA

The Islamic State (IS) may have as many as 31,500 fighters in Syria and Iraq - three times higher than previously feared, the CIA believes. A review of intelligence reports from May to August estimates the militant group can muster between 20,000 and...

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Pistorius Family 'Never Doubted' Athlete's Story

Oscar Pistorius' uncle Arnold has said the family never doubted his version of events on the night he killed his girlfriend. He said Reeva Steenkamp's death at the athlete's house in Pretoria, South Africa, was a "tragic event" and his family remained...

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Coalition's Plans For IS Fight Look Cowardly

America has succeeded in putting together a 37-nation coalition against the Islamic State (IS). Who does what within it is to be confirmed. All signatories to the agreement struck in Jeddah, at the Nato summit in Wales, and in phone calls over the last...

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Oscar Pistorius Guilty Of Reeva's Manslaughter

Pistorius: Trial Of The Century? Updated: 1:20pm UK, Friday 12 September 2014 By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent, in Pretoria The live television coverage of the Oscar Pistorius trial has exposed a slow and sometimes bizarre criminal justice...

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Ask Brunt: Your Pistorius Questions Answered

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US Threatens Airstrikes In Syria To Fight IS

Barack Obama IS Strategy: Speech In Full Updated: 2:20am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 Barack Obama has outlined his strategy to defeating Islamic State in a televised address. Here is his statement in full: My fellow Americans - tonight, I want...

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US Strategy Risks Pushing Sunnis Into IS Arms

US To Lead 'Broad Coalition' To Destroy IS Updated: 9:38am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 Barack Obama has authorised airstrikes in Syria for the first time in a major escalation of the military campaign against the Islamic State. In a live televised...

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Syria Airstrikes Not Ruled Out, Says No 10

Downing Street has clarified its position on the possibility of strikes in Syria and said it has not yet abandoned the idea of airborne attacks. The Foreign Secretary earlier appeared to strike a different note, saying the UK would not be taking part...

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Ukraine 'Regrouping' Forces To Defend East

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his forces are "regrouping" in the east of the country after provocation from Russian "terrorists". The move does not amount to a new offensive against pro-Moscow separatists, but is simply a move to defend...

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9/11 Anniversary: America Remembers Attacks

America is marking the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks against the backdrop of a new Islamist threat rising in the Middle East. The commemorations began with a moment of silence, the toll of a bell, and then the names of the nearly 3,000...

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Hostel Owner 'Filmed Himself Abusing Tourists'

The owner of a backpacking hostel in New Zealand is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting young male guests, while he filmed the attacks. Michael Harris, 56, who owns Mainstreet Lodge in the North Island town of Kaitaia, was charged with 39 offences...

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Father Held Over Deaths Of His Five Children

A father is being held after the bodies of his five children - aged between one and eight - were found hundreds of miles away from his home. Timothy Ray Jones Jr is suspected of killing the youngsters and dumping their bodies in rural Alabama. The...

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Ukraine 'Regrouping' Forces To Defend East

Ukraine is "regrouping" its forces in the east of the country, President Petro Poroshenko has said, accusing "terrorists" of provoking his forces. The move does not amount to a new offensive against pro-Russian separatists, he insisted, but is simply...

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'Solid Family' Massacred On Australian Farm

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent Police divers have found the body of a man at a dam in Australia after a woman and her three children were discovered shot dead at a remote farmhouse. Farmer Geoff Hunt has been missing since the bodies...

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Iraqi PM Appeals For Help To Fight IS 'Cancer'

Bribes Of Cash And Guns To Tackle IS Jihadis Updated: 5:03pm UK, Tuesday 09 September 2014 By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor Washington is on the move. From dither to decision to deliberation and even direction, it's been a frustrating process...

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Flight MH17 Downed By 'High-Energy Objects'

Crash investigators say flight MH17 was probably downed by "a large number of high-energy objects". An initial report by the Dutch Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the July 17 disaster, found it likely the Malaysia Airlines plane...

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Bribes Of Cash And Guns To Tackle IS Jihadis

Washington is on the move. From dither to decision to deliberation and even direction, it's been a frustrating process to behold. But it may, in the end, provide a map through the minefield of the Middle East that is at least navigable. Past failures...

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Reports: Shark Attack Victim Was British

The Foreign Office has said it is investigating reports that a man killed in a shark attack in Australia was British. The attack took place at the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay on the country's east coast. Sky's Harriet Hadfield said the...

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UK To Send Machine Guns And Ammo To Iraq

Britain is sending £1.6m of military kit, including heavy machine guns, to Iraq to help fight Islamic State militants. Announcing the decision in a written statement, Michael Fallon, the Secretary of State for Defence, said the equipment would be used...

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Michael Schumacher Leaves Hospital For Home

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has left hospital to recuperate at home, nearly nine months after the skiing accident that put him in a coma. His manager, Sabine Kehm, said the seven-time champion has made "progress" since the accident last December....

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Has Prostate Surgery

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is recovering in hospital after having prostate surgery, state media has said. The country's official news agency, IRNA, described the operation which took place this morning as "routine" and said it was...

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Inside The House Where Pistorius Killed Reeva

Sky News has gained access to the house where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as the athlete prepares to learn the outcome of his murder trial. The double amputee, 27, has denied murdering Ms Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine's...

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Virus Outbreak Sends 1,000 Kids To Hospital

A rare respiratory illness has sent more than 1,000 children to hospital in cities across the US Midwest. The symptoms experienced by the children are similar to those of a common cold - coughing, difficulty breathing, with or without fever. But those...

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IS In Deadly Gunboat Attack On Riverside Town

Islamic State fighters have reportedly attacked an Iraqi riverside town with gunboats and car bombs, killing at least 10 people and wounding 54. The attack on Dhuluiya, around 45 miles (70km) from Baghdad, started before dawn and lasted for about two...

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Russia Threatens To Block Flights Over Sanctions

Russia has warned that it will hit back against the West if tougher sanctions are imposed over the conflict in Ukraine - as a shaky ceasefire in the region holds. Dmitry Medvedev blamed countries backing Ukraine for damaging the Russian...

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