General: US Ground Troops Possible In Iraq

America's top military leader has told Congress that US ground forces could be deployed once more in Iraq. Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate panel that he would make the recommendation if the current...

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Politician Dumped In Skip By Angry Crowd

Ukraine Ratifies EU Pact Amid Fragile Ceasefire Updated: 2:30pm UK, Tuesday 16 September 2014 Ukrainian MPs have voted to strengthen the country's political and economic ties with the European Union - the very issue which first sparked the crisis last...

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Nigerian Troops Sentenced To Death For Mutiny

Twelve Nigerian soldiers have been sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny in a part of the country battling extremists. The soldiers were found guilty by a military tribunal in the country's capital of Abuja following the incident in the northeast...

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Raqqa: Islamic State's Menacing Power Base

Raqqa in northern Syria is Islamic State's power base and the focus of international efforts to defeat the Islamic extremists and rescue Western hostages. The city - effectively the capital of the IS "caliphate" - is almost completely inaccessible to...

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The Day I Came Face To Face With Islamic State

I was told to wait on the side of a road outside a mosque in the Syrian city of Aleppo. An Emir speaking in the mosque would see me after prayers. As hundreds of worshippers streamed through the open doors, a young man with long, black hair emerged...

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Ukraine Ratifies EU Pact Amid Fragile Ceasefire

Ukrainian MPs have voted to strengthen the country's political and economic ties with the European Union - the very issue which first sparked the crisis last year. Before the ratification of the agreement, President Petro Poroshenko told parliament...

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Another Child Abuse Claim Against NFL Star

An NFL player suspected of assaulting his child is alleged to have physically abused another son a year earlier, it has emerged. Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been charged over allegedly striking his four-year-old son with a tree...

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Ebola: US Sending 3,000 Troops To West Africa

The US is sending up to 3,000 troops to co-ordinate the response to the ebola outbreak in West Africa, as health experts warn it is "unparalleled in modern times". The virus has claimed more than 2,400 lives this year - mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone...

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Syrian Politician Warns US Over IS Action

The Day I Came Face To Face With Islamic State Updated: 7:53am UK, Tuesday 16 September 2014 By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent I was told to wait on the side of a road outside a mosque in the Syrian city of Aleppo. An Emir speaking in the...

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'Bloodshed' Threat Night Before Algeria Attack

Belmokhtar: Profile Of Mr Marlboro Updated: 12:54am UK, Sunday 03 March 2013 By Sam Kiley, Middle East Correspondent He was known as Mr Marlboro because of his cigarette smuggling. The French intelligence service called him "The Uncatchable"....

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