Islamic State May Have 31,500 Fighters, Says CIA

The Islamic State (IS) may have as many as 31,500 fighters in Syria and Iraq - three times higher than previously feared, the CIA believes. A review of intelligence reports from May to August estimates the militant group can muster between 20,000 and...

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Ukraine PM: Putin Wants All Of Our Country

Ukraine's prime minister has accused Russia of seeking to to control all of the country and restore the Soviet Union. Addressing business leaders at a conference in Kiev, Arseny Yatseniuk warned President Vladimir Putin was a threat to global order...

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Family Of UK Hostage Tell IS Captors: Contact Us

British Aid Worker Held By IS Militants Updated: 6:10pm UK, Thursday 04 September 2014 David Cawthorne Haines is an aid worker with more than a decade of experience in areas including South Sudan, Libya and the former Yugoslavia. A father-of-two,...

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Pakistan Blows Up Dykes To Divert Floodwaters

Military specialists have blown up dykes in central Pakistan to divert swollen rivers after rising floodwaters killed hundreds of people in Kashmir. Authorities have been using helicopters and boats to evacuate people who have been left stranded by...

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Coalition's Plans For IS Fight Look Cowardly

America has succeeded in putting together a 37-nation coalition against the Islamic State (IS). Who does what within it is to be confirmed. All signatories to the agreement struck in Jeddah, at the Nato summit in Wales, and in phone calls over the last...

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Islamic State May Have 31,500 Fighters, Says CIA

The Islamic State (IS) may have as many as 31,500 fighters in Syria and Iraq - three times higher than previously feared, the CIA believes. A review of intelligence reports from May to August estimates the militant group can muster between 20,000 and...

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Oscar Pistorius Guilty Of Reeva's Manslaughter

Pistorius: Trial Of The Century? Updated: 1:20pm UK, Friday 12 September 2014 By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent, in Pretoria The live television coverage of the Oscar Pistorius trial has exposed a slow and sometimes bizarre criminal justice...

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Pistorius Family 'Never Doubted' Athlete's Story

Oscar Pistorius' uncle Arnold has said the family never doubted his version of events on the night he killed his girlfriend. He said Reeva Steenkamp's death at the athlete's house in Pretoria, South Africa, was a "tragic event" and his family remained...

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Ukraine 'Regrouping' Forces To Defend East

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his forces are "regrouping" in the east of the country after provocation from Russian "terrorists". The move does not amount to a new offensive against pro-Moscow separatists, but is simply a move to defend...

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US Threatens Airstrikes In Syria To Fight IS

Barack Obama IS Strategy: Speech In Full Updated: 2:20am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 Barack Obama has outlined his strategy to defeating Islamic State in a televised address. Here is his statement in full: My fellow Americans - tonight, I want...

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US Strategy Risks Pushing Sunnis Into IS Arms

US To Lead 'Broad Coalition' To Destroy IS Updated: 9:38am UK, Thursday 11 September 2014 Barack Obama has authorised airstrikes in Syria for the first time in a major escalation of the military campaign against the Islamic State. In a live televised...

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Hammond Rules Out UK Airstrikes In Syria

The Foreign Secretary has said the UK will not be taking part in airstrikes in Syria after the US said it would take action. It comes after Barack Obama authorised military attacks on Islamic State fighters in Syria, as well as Iraq, for the first time...

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Ukraine 'Regrouping' Forces To Defend East

Ukraine is "regrouping" its forces in the east of the country, President Petro Poroshenko has said, accusing "terrorists" of provoking his forces. The move does not amount to a new offensive against pro-Russian separatists, he insisted, but is simply...

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'Solid Family' Massacred On Australian Farm

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent Police divers have found the body of a man at a dam in Australia after a woman and her three children were discovered shot dead at a remote farmhouse. Farmer Geoff Hunt has been missing since the bodies...

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Hostel Owner 'Filmed Himself Abusing Tourists'

The owner of a backpacking hostel in New Zealand is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting young male guests, while he filmed the attacks. Michael Harris, 56, who owns Mainstreet Lodge in the North Island town of Kaitaia, was charged with 39 offences...

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Father Held Over Deaths Of His Five Children

A father is being held after the bodies of his five children - aged between one and eight - were found hundreds of miles away from his home. Timothy Ray Jones Jr is suspected of killing the youngsters and dumping their bodies in rural Alabama. The...

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UK To Send Machine Guns And Ammo To Iraq

Britain is sending military equipment including heavy machine guns to Iraq to help in the fight against Islamic State. ...

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Flight MH17 Downed By 'High-Energy Objects'

Crash investigators say flight MH17 was probably downed by "a large number of high-energy objects". An initial report by the Dutch Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the July 17 disaster, found it likely the Malaysia Airlines plane...

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Russia Denies Jets Buzzed Canada Navy Ship

Ukraine Conflict 'Impossible' To Win Militarily Updated: 9:25pm UK, Monday 08 September 2014 By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told Sky News the conflict in his country cannot be solved by military...

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Obama In Talks With Iraq Over 'Common Enemy'

Barack Obama has held talks with Iraq's new Prime Minister to discuss the country's fledgling new government's fight against Islamic State militants. In a telephone call on Monday, the US President and Haider al Abadi spoke about the need to address...

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Russia Threatens To Block Flights Over Sanctions

Russia has warned that it will hit back against the West if tougher sanctions are imposed over the conflict in Ukraine - as a shaky ceasefire in the region holds. Dmitry Medvedev blamed countries backing Ukraine for damaging the Russian...

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Has Prostate Surgery

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is recovering in hospital after having prostate surgery, state media has said. The country's official news agency, IRNA, described the operation which took place this morning as "routine" and said it was...

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Inside The House Where Pistorius Killed Reeva

Sky News has gained access to the house where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as the athlete prepares to learn the outcome of his murder trial. The double amputee, 27, has denied murdering Ms Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine's...

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IS In Deadly Gunboat Attack On Riverside Town

Islamic State fighters have reportedly attacked an Iraqi riverside town with gunboats and car bombs, killing at least 10 people and wounding 54. The attack on Dhuluiya, around 45 miles (70km) from Baghdad, started before dawn and lasted for about two...

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Iraq: US Launches Airstrikes Around Vital Dam

The US has launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam, targeting Islamic State (IS) militants in the area for the first time. IS, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL, is trying to capture the vital dam in the west of the country. US officials say that...

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Residents Fearful Amid Fragile Ukraine Truce

Deep Divisions Amid Fragile Ukraine Peace Updated: 12:27pm UK, Saturday 06 September 2014 By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent in Mariupol Ceasefire is a temporary state. It's not the same as lasting peace. What has been agreed so far is a...

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Syria Hostage Names Brussels Suspect As Captor

A French journalist held hostage for months in Syria has identified a man being held on suspicion of an attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels as one of his captors. Nicolas Henin, who was released alongside three other journalists back in April, claimed Mehdi...

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Ukraine Ceasefire Threatened By New Fighting

Residents Fearful Amid Fragile Ukraine Truce Updated: 12:15pm UK, Sunday 07 September 2014 By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent, in Mariupol On the outskirts of Mariupol you could see the remains of Ukrainian artillery still smouldering. We...

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