Woman Hanged In Iran Despite Call For Retrial

A woman has been executed in Iran after being convicted of murdering a man who she claimed was trying to rape her. Reyhaneh Jabbari, 27, was hanged in a Tehran prison despite an international campaign to stop the execution. She was sentenced to death...

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Ukrainian Refugees Flee To Russian Arctic

By Katie Stallard, Russia correspondent, in Murmansk More than 800,000 refugees have crossed the border into Russia since the start of the year, according to the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR). At least a quarter of a million are thought to be displaced...

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Egypt Declares Emergency After Sinai Attack

Egypt has declared a three-month state of emergency on the Sinai Peninsula after a suicide car bomb attack killed more than 30 soldiers. The bombing on Friday was carried out by a suspected jihadist who rammed a checkpoint with his explosives-packed...

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Automatic Quarantine In US For Ebola Medics

New York and New Jersey are to begin automatically quarantining medical staff who return from areas badly affected by Ebola. The decision by the health authorities follows former Doctors Without Borders medic Craig Spencer testing positive for the...

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New York Doctor Is City's First Ebola Case

A New York doctor who returned from treating patients in Guinea this month has become the city's first person to test postive for ebola. Craig Spencer, 33, has been held at an isolation ward at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, a designated centre for...

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Canada Terror Attack Gunman Was Not Tracked

The gunman who killed a soldier at a war memorial and then opened fire inside Canada's parliament building had not been under surveillance, police admit. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau had wanted to travel to Syria but was not on a list of around 90 "high-risk"...

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Briton Dies During Bangkok Cosmetic Surgery

A British woman has died while having cosmetic surgery in Thailand, according to officials. The English woman, who has not been named but is aged in her 20s, died while under anaesthesia during a corrective procedure at a clinic in Bangkok. Police...

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Five Experimental Ebola Vaccines Set For Trial

The World Health Organisation says it expects 100,000 doses of new ebola vaccine to be available early next year. The trials could start in west Africa in December, with WHO assistant director general Marie-Paule Kieny saying that the vaccines could...

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Malaysia '99.9% Sure' Of Finding MH370

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent Malaysia's defence minister has told Sky News he is "99.9% sure" the sonar technology being used in the hunt for missing flight MH370 will find the doomed jet. Hishammuddin Hussein officially launched...

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Libya Orders 'Civil Disobedience' In Capital

Libya's internationally recognised government has called for a civil disobedience campaign in Tripoli until its forces can retake the capital from militias. Prime Minister Abdullah al Thani's cabinet said on its Facebook page that it has ordered the...

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US Investigates IS Weapons Drop Footage

The US has claimed most of the weapons airdropped in Syria reached the Kurds they were intended to help - despite a video purporting to show Islamic State militants with a bundle. The footage, allegedly shot in Kobani, showed fighters from the jihadist...

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'Numbers' Jail Gang Behind Pistorius Threat

As Oscar Pistorius starts a five-year sentence at Pretoria's Central Prison the Olympian will need to urgently study the lore and laws of South Africa's numbers gangs. More than a century old, the gangs - the 26s, 27s and 28s, dominate South Africa's...

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Pistorius: From Global Icon To A Prison Cell

In his saintly prime, it was hard not to be beguiled by Oscar Pistorius. From the waist up, the smiling South African with sparkling eyes was the very image of a world-class athlete. From the knees down he seemed almost miraculous, a model of strength...

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Steenkamps Welcome Pistorius Jail Sentence

Barry and June Steenkamp reacted positively to the five-year sentence handed to Oscar Pistorius for the killing of their daughter. Speaking outside Pretoria High Court, Mrs Steenkamp expressed relief at the end of the trial, which lasted seven months....

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Oscar Pistorius Jailed For Shooting Reeva Dead

Oscar Pistorius has been jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day last year. His defence team said he would spend a sixth of the term in prison - 10 months - before being placed under house arrest for the...

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Pistorius Trial: Judge's Key Comments

Key comments from Judge Thokozile Masipa in the sentencing of Oscar Pistorius. :: On claims from probation officer Annette Vergeer that prison would not be suitable for Pistorius. "I was not impressed at all by Mrs Vergeer as a witness. Though an...

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US Drops Weapons For Kurds Battling IS

The US has airdropped weapons and supplies for Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) in the town of Kobani in Syria. A statement from US Central Command said Air Force C-130 planes "delivered weapons, ammunition and medical supplies that were...

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Mystery Hero Rescues Man From Blazing Home

By Sky News US Team A man has been called a hero for rescuing an elderly father from a house engulfed by fire in Fresno, California. The scene was caught on camera by a passer-by, Beth Lederach, who called 911, the Fresno Bee reported. Ms Lederach...

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How Kurds The World Forgot Are Holding Off IS

By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Sari Kani, Syria Right now in Syria a desperate fight is under way against Islamic State (IS) forces that control so much of the north of the country. In the east that fight is being carried out virtually...

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Missing Hannah Graham: Skull And Bones Found

By Sky News US Team Remains police say might belong to missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham have been found in a dried-up creek at an abandoned property. A skull and bones were discovered in a heavily wooded area five weeks after...

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Nigerian Schoolgirls Could Be Free Within Days

Nigeria hopes 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram will be freed by Tuesday, according to a government source. Authorities earlier said they had agreed a ceasefire with the militant group to make the release possible. "I can confirm...

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