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Men are said to have been executed by firing squad in front of a large crowd.

If IS have indeed fled Ramadi it would amount to a significant victory over the terror group.

Chinese law requires tech firms to hand over sensitive information.

Portland, Denver, Seattle and the entire state of Hawaii hit by the problem of homelessness.

Hacktivist collective claims it uncovered details of the plot which were subsequently foiled.

Dr Robert Spitzer, hailed as the 'most influential psychiatrist', has died of heart problems in Seattle.

John Beeden concludes his epic solo voyage from San Francisco to Cairns, Australia, across the Pacific.

Evacuation of fighters and civilians cannot be guaranteed after Jaysh al-Islam leader's death.

Firefighters were battling flames up to eight feet high at the Clinton Birthplace National Historic Site in Hope.

Nearly 8,000 residences without electricity as Environment Agency warns of serious flooding risks

One dead as rescue workers try to reach 17 miners trapped in a gypsum mine in Shandong province.

Lawmakers amended family planning law allowing couples to have two children.

Thousands are homeless in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

As we enter 2016, here are ten of the key moments in the tran equality movement this year

Awacs surveillance aircraft moved from German base to Konya in Turkey as part of Nato move.

Baghdadi made the statement in a new audio recording which has been circulated on social media.

Scores of Turkey's financial and government websites hit by DDoS attacks.

On Christmas eve, the Indian artist also sculpted sand statues of Mother Mary and Jesus.

A technical problem or bad weather is believed to have led to the forced landing in the city of Irkutsk.

Celebrations included a special basketball game by the Los Angeles Lakers and a tribute to US troops by Obama.

Army push to liberate town just hours away from Baghdad has air backing from a global coalition led by US.

One of three Chinese vessels armed with cannons raising alarms in East China Sea.

Essam al-Buwaydhani will succeed Zahran Allouch, who was killed in an air strike.

Taliban rejects Moscow's claims that two parties are sharing information regarding Daesh.

From the refugee crisis in Europe to the terror attacks in Paris, a recap of the biggest news stories of 2015.

No casualties were reported from the blaze, spread across 2,200 hectares of land in two Victorian towns.

Unidentified man,believed to suffer from depression, threatened to jump from Istanbul's Bosphorus bridge.

The landslide follows a month after a similar incident killed over 100 in the same region.

Tremors felt across India and Pakistan after 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits north-eastern Afghanistan.