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A US official confirmed that the base is no longer necessary and will be closed.

The staff sergeant used a semiautomatic Barrett Light .50 calibre rifle, potentially saving 20 lives.

Britain's forests could be home to the lynx for the first time in 1,300 years.

Tehran City Council to discuss renaming the embassy's street after 'martyred' Shia cleric

Up to 150 armed militiamen take control of a government wildlife refuge to protest federal land use

Defences along Derwent, Aire, Calder, Ouse and River Wharfe to be repaired.

Saudi Arabia and Iran summon each others' envoys as global powers fear this could escalate further.

Video footage shows protesters ransacking the mission as the world condemns the Saudi Kingdom for the executions of 47 detainees.

The man was attacked by the shark off Miall Island, 420 miles (670km) north of Brisbane

Video follows Clinton's assertion that Trump's inflammatory rhetoric made him 'Islamic State's best recruiter'

Hundreds have now been forced to flee their homes in one of the worst disasters ever to hit the Polynesian island group.

New Year's Eve fight ends in quadruple killing when a Rowlands Height.

A 3 minute-video posted online purports to show militants in Libya pledging allegiance to Daesh.

Doug Demarest clipped an office block of the law firm where his wife worked and crashed in the capital Anchorage.

Lee Bo, chief editor at Sage Communications, which produces controversial political books, has disappeared

Bahrain nationals have protested after the execution of the prominent Shia cleric in neighbouring Saudi Arabia

Commons' Speaker of the House used a clause in the Freedom of Information Act to avoid disclosure.

Six female teachers were struck off in 2015, with others barred for sexual affairs and sexting.

Speed blaze took hold is to be investigated as questions raised over potential use of panels banned in UK

Some say the facility could become a 'second Sangatte' and it will be magnet for migrants

The 22-year victim died after suffering serious injuries after the attack in Preston, Lancashire.

Saudi interior ministry confirmed al-Nimr was among 47 put to death for terror offences

On 2 January it announced 47 executions including that of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, one of the most expensive dramas made by ITV, is aimed at rivalling Game of Thrones.

Between April and September 2015, the paramedics treated approximately 12,000 people who were very drunk.

British forces operated in the war-torn country for six years before exiting in 2009.

'Trump be gone' extension was created by a New York man out of a 'profound sense of annoyance and patriotic duty'

US president will meet Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss new gun control laws.

Attack comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made surprise visit to Pakistan to ease ties.