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Shirley Sotloff in video appeal to 'leader' of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after James Foley's death.

UN blames IS and government fighters for war crimes in Syria.

Pro-Russian separatists shell major sea port of Azov.

French air carrier cancels flights to Freetown over deadly Ebola virus.

Egypt says hydro-electric dam could disrupt river Nile's water flow to Egypt.

Federico Leonelli who killed Oksana Martseniuk in Rome used to take Quaaludes to cure depression.

IBT profiles the American whose jihadist crusade has shocked his country.

Sex boxes for prostitutes and their clients will clean up Zurich, it is hoped.

Chief backer of militant group Hamas "ready to contribute" to territory's reconstruction.

Northern League party lawmaker said the father of MEP Cecile Kyenge cast a spell on him.

Shinzo Abe honoured 'Showa martyrs' who 'gave their lives' for the fatherland.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen confirms military alliance to deploy forces at new bases in post-Soviet states.

Government considering stripping Norwegian jihadists of citizenship.

There are supposedly over 500 ghosts haunting the city.

Retailer pulls T-shirt from sale over criticism it resembled Jewish concentration camp outfit.

The Gaza war left more than 2,200 people dead, caused widespread destruction in the densely populated coastal territory.

Manezh Square McDonald's ordered to close for 90 days for violating sanitary rules

Nigerian military insist Cameroon flight was 'tactical'.

It seems rugby remains a bastion of white domination - but why?

European equities are now playing catch up to Wall Street.

Announcement made after Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko held direct talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Pyongyang's foreign ministry pours scorns on US for its handling of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

US Coast Guard's Monomoy was on routine mission in international waters during brief encounter.

A shooting instructor has died after a nine-year-old girl accidentally shot him in the head as he taught her how to use a submachine gun, believed to be an Uzi.

A man was captured by police after he tried to exchange cocaine-coated money in a bank, but the teller became suspicious when his hands felt "tingly and numb hands"

An airplane has crashed and exploded in Cleveland, killing all four college students on board.

A San Diego man, Douglas McAuthur McCain, has reportedly died fighting for the Islamic State (also known as Isis) in Syria.

Passenger refuses to allow woman in front to recline her chair - so she throws water over him

Village elders say Siberian princess' mummy was guarding entrance to kingdom of the dead.