Tribal Elders Blamed For IS Militant Advances

By Stuart Ramsay, Sky News Chief Correspondent Sirens wailing, lights flashing, the truck carrying six armed paramilitaries and a roof gunner from the Kurdish state security branch, Asayish, guided us into a notorious Arab neighbourhood in downtown...

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UK Military Planners Call Iraq Mission 'Dynamic'

By Tom Parmenter, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus The send off for the RAF Tornado jets finished with a simple thumbs up from the ground crew waving them off. The planning and preparation for British airstrikes is now at full pace at RAF Akrotiri and everyone...

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Iraq: Islamic State Threat Is World's Problem

Iraq's deputy prime minister has told Sky News that it is the "duty of the world" to stand up against Islamic State extremists. Saleh al Mutlaq also said he welcomed the UK parliament's decision to back airstrikes against the militants in his country....

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Iraq: British Jets On First Combat Mission

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent British jets armed with missiles are over northern Iraq on their maiden combat mission after taking off from a base in Cyprus. Two Tornado GR4 fighter jets - armed with missiles for the first time - took...

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FBI: Islamic State's Jihadi John Identified

FBI Director James Comey says the bureau has identified the Islamic State (IS) militant known as Jihadi John. But Mr Comey told reporters at the agency's headquarters in Washington DC he would not reveal the man's name or nationality. The FBI director...

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Iraq Front Line 'Trenches' Like World War One

By Stuart Ramsay, Sky News Chief Correspondent One can see the front line between the peshmerga and the Islamic State fighters from quite a distance on the outskirts of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Their flags flutter in the wind. But they are so close...

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US-Led Airstrikes Target Oil Sites In Syria

Cameron: 'We Must Tackle Islamic State Together' Updated: 12:41pm UK, Thursday 25 September 2014 Islamic State has "murderous plans" to expand and carry out terrorist atrocities across the world, David Cameron has warned. Addressing the UN General...

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Kim Jong-Un: 'Missing' Leader May Have Gout

Kim Jong-Un has not been seen in public for three weeks and now a North Korea expert has offered a possible explanation: the leader has gout. Since being filmed in July with a distinctive limp, speculation has been rife that the 31-year-old is in ill...

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US Coalition Pounds IS Targets For A Third Night

US and Arab coalition aircraft have bombarded Islamic State targets in Syria for a third night as Barack Obama promised to "dismantle this network of death". Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates joined the operation to destroy oil refineries in...

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IS-Linked Group Beheads Hostage In Video

A French hostage has been beheaded in a video released by an Algerian group linked to Islamic State. Herve Gourdel, a 55-year-old hiker from Nice in southern France, was kidnapped on Sunday by Jund al Khilifa. The group had given France a 24-hour deadline...

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North Korea Prison Life: Digging And Isolation

An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labour has said he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation. Matthew Miller was convicted on September 14 of entering the country illegally to commit espionage....

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Hannah Graham: Missing Student Suspect Held

The main suspect in the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has been arrested on a beach in Texas. Police believe Jesse Matthew was the last person seen with the UK-born Ms Graham, who went missing on September 13 in Charlottesville,...

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Rebel Leader Hails 'Revolution' In Yemen

Large parts of Yemen's capital Sanaa have been taken over by Shia rebels in what their leader described as a "successful revolution". Around 200 people were killed in fighting last week between the Houthi insurgents and government forces. Yemen's president...

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Freed Abu Qatada 'Will Not Be Returning To UK'

Timeline: Qatada Legal Battle Updated: 10:35am UK, Wednesday 24 September 2014 Abu Qatada challenged and ultimately thwarted every attempt by the Government to detain and deport him for many years. Here is a timeline of the legal battle. 1993: Abu...

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New Phil Spector Prison Mugshots Released

Two new photos of the former record producer and songwriter Phil Spector show the toll prison life has taken on him. Spector is without his wigs these days The most recent image, from October 2013, shows a bald, sombre-looking Spector staring straight...

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Families Living In Fear In IS-Controlled Raqqa

By Jason Farrell, Sky Correspondent Children in Syria are being taken from their families to be trained as Islamic State fighters and used as informants, according to a civilian who fled the city of Raqqa. Former student Abu Abrahim Raqqawi gave...

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Cameron Ready To Work With Iran To Defeat IS

By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent David Cameron is to become the first British Prime Minister to meet an Iranian President since 1979 in a historic encounter in New York. Downing Street says the meeting with Hassan Rouhani is part of efforts...

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Blair: Radical Islam Is A 'Global Problem'

Tony Blair has told Sky News that radical Islam is a "global problem" that will take a generation to defeat. Speaking to Sky's Adam Boulton from New York, the former prime minister said defeating the forces of radical Islam will need a "global response"....

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Israeli Missile Shoots Down Syrian Fighter Jet

Israel says it has shot down a Syrian fighter jet over its airspace - the first such incident in more than 30 years. The aircraft was hit by a Patriot missile while trying to "infiltrate" the Quneitra area of the Golan Heights, the Israeli...

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US And Arab Allies Attack IS Targets In Syria

The US and five Arab countries have been carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria for the first time. Fighter jets, bombers and drones as well as 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from two US ships in the northern Persian Gulf...

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