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Chantelle Taylor, a woman medic, killed an enemy fighter in combat in Afghanistan.

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Private conversations between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife have been secretly recorded, according the Turkish EU Minister.

The daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, ousted and killed during the Libyan civil war, has called on the Libyan people to rise up against the National Transitional Council to defend her father's orders.

Foreign troops are heading to Syria to support both the rebels and the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, prompting fears that the conflict is set to enter a yet more lethal phase.

European cities still have the highest quality of life in the world, despite the recent turmoil, according to a new report.

Defence heads continued to depute British soldiers in less armoured Land Rovers, known as "mobile coffins," for several years after their own tests confirmed that the vehicles were highly weak and can get attacked from roadside bombs, confidential documents have revealed.

British comedian Jimmy Carr has landed in hot water after making an offensive joke about Down's syndrome children during one of his live sets.

Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy is said to have been arrested and detained by Egyptian police.

Female Army chef Private Cheryl Walker found herself out on the frontline in Afghanistan looking for women who might be carrying improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Turkish warplanes have bombed Iraq's northern Kurdish region, wounding two civilians

Iraqis loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, a well-known anti-American Islamic cleric, are fighting in Syria in support of the Assad regime, according to the opposition.

On Tuesday evening, U.S Republican presidential candidates debated issues concerning their country's foreign policy.

A resident of New York has been arrested on suspicion of planning to bomb targets, including police cars and post offices.

Reports suggest that snipers onboard military helicopters might be deployed during the London Olympics, as a pre-emptive security measure against any terror attack.

The duo were hit by an improvised explosive device explosion while conducting a joint patrol Nahr-e Saraj, central Helmand.

Much speculation has been made about the possibility of the popular protests in Syria disintegrating into an Iraq-style sectarian conflict. The IBTimes presents an analysis of the various arguments on either side.

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, defended the role of the British intelligent operations praising the “incredible abilities” of agents and intelligent officers that worked for the secret services at MI5 and MI6.

The 84-year-old Occupy Seattle protester reportedly attacked and pepper sprayed by police has a released a statement attacking police's strong-arm tactics.

According to extracts from a rare speech released in advance by his office, the Foreign Secretary William Hague hopes that with a strengthened legal framework the aptitude of the intelligence agencies could be tapped to support the security and foreign policy.

Malaysian-led activists are planning to hold a symbolic trial this month, against former U.S. President George W. Bush and former Prime Minister Tony Blair, on charges of committing crimes against peace in the Iraq war.

The pressure on President Bashar al-Assad continued to mount Monday after Jordan's King Abdullah became the first Arab leader to call for the Syrian leader to step down.

Iran authorities admitted on Sunday that their defence computer have been targeted by a virus called Duqu that is allegedly linked with the Stuxnet "cyber-weapon" discovered last year. The worm is believed to be aimed at sabotaging the Islamic Republic's atomic centrifuges, the devices that enrich uranium to create nuclear fuel.

Brigade General Hassan Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile programme, was killed, along with 16 other Revolutionary guards in an explosion at a military base Saturday.

Armed Kurdish rebels hijacked a ferry and took 24 people hostage in the Sea of Marmara after it set out in the northwest Turkey on Friday evening, reports have said.

'Occupy' 'Arab Spring' and Steve Jobs have been announced as some of the most used words in the English language media in 2011, according to the latest survey by Global Language Monitor.

The International Business Times is marking Remembrance Day with a series of forgotten stories of war. In 2003 the U.K. supported the U.S. invasion taking responsibility for Iraq's second city of Basra. Things went badly from the start.

A video has appeared showing sheriff's officers brutally beating what appears to be a group of peaceful Occupy protesters on the University of California campus in Berkeley Wednesday night.

Reports of an Israeli plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities has ratcheted up tension across the Middle East. The International Business Times analyses what would be the ramifications.

With the report incriminating Iran and reports that Israel as well as the US, have seriously been considering attacking Iran for its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, France has now called for an emergency UN Security Council, while the US and Israel have yet to repsond.