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US teams comprising intelligence analysts and commandos begin assessing Iraqi situation.

Woman killed, 2 wounded as passenger jet hit by bullets as it lands in Peshawar

Council of State in Paris rules doctors may lawfully stop feeding and hydrating Vincent Lambert.

It has become a familiar sight in Brazil: an Englishman being beaten at football.

Crew of chopper feared dead after MI-8 is shot down.

IBTimes examines the powerful media campaign launched by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

Shock resignation of first female coach of French men's football team sparks publicity stunt rumour.

Gunmen raid village near town of Mpeketoni where Somalia's Islamist militant group al-Shabaab killed 60 people last week.

A boy managed to grab a selfie with the Queen in Belfast, where she visited the Game of Thrones set.

Human Rights Watch uncovers some of the causes of imprisonment of women in Afghanistan

UN human rights team in Iraq says majority of victims are civilians

Sudanese woman freed from death row arrested with her family as she tried to leave the country.

Sensational claim by authors of new book Good Night Malaysian 370: The truth behind the loss of Flight 370

Raouf Abdel Rahman captured and executed by Sunni insurgents.

Son of Gina Rinehart told sister to wear a bag on her head to 'cover up' her deformities.

The birth of Saint John the Baptist is one of the most important Catholic feast days in Spain.

Europhobic coalition fails to meet EU requirements to form official Parliament group in Strasbourg

Exports from Iraq's southern terminals averaged 2.53 million bpd as of 21 June.

New found fame comes at a price for violent criminal Meeks - one angry wife.

Further sign of de-escalation between Kiev and Moscow as ceasefire holds in east Ukraine.

The Feast Day of St John the Baptist is celebrated in several bizarre ways in the Philippines.

Reports claim three-year-old Victoria Wilcher was never asked to leave KFC because she was 'scaring other customers'.

Commercial boss Hugh Dunleavy told London's Evening Standard search for MH370 could take 'decades'.

Hundreds of journalists protest against sentencing at the BBC's New Broadcasting House in London

Bombay High Court rules man cannot divorce wife of 14 years because of weight gain.

Exclusive: Indian Islamic outfit seeks permission to send 4,000 volunteer fighters to Iraq to battle Isis insurgents.

The Supreme People's Court made a landmark decision to overturn the death sentence of Li Yan over killing of violent husband Tan Yong.

Sunni insurgents take complete control of refinery in Salahuddin which supplies most of Iraq's domestic fuel consumption.

Tourist safari jeep was 'returning from Saklikent Gorge to resort of Fethiye'