US Creeps To Decision On Islamic State Threat

Washington has crept to a decision. It's time to do something about the threat posed by the Islamic State. There's now no lack of senior officials describing the problem. "This is an organisation that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision...

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US 'Ready To Take Action Against IS In Syria'

The US has said it will not be restricted by the Iraq-Syria border as it considers further action against Islamic State militants. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes the US stood ready to take action to protect American citizens...

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Mosque Massacre Undermines Anti-IS Drive

A sectarian attack at a mosque in Iraq has killed at least 68 Sunni Muslims, plunging efforts to form a united front against jihadists into crisis. Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up in the mosque north of Baghdad, with Shia militiamen picking...

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Final Email From James Foley's Killers Revealed

The family of James Foley have released the final email sent by his kidnappers telling them he would be killed - just days before the video of his murder emerged. In the email, received by the family on August 12, the Islamic State militant group said:...

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Russian Aid Convoy Starts Crossing Into Ukraine

Several trucks carrying Russian aid have been allowed to enter eastern Ukraine after being held at a border crossing for a week. Russia has been is trying to send a 280-lorry relief convoy to help civilians caught up in the fighting between Ukrainian...

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Major Operation To Retake IS-Held Towns In Iraq

Kurdish forces have started a major assault to try to retake the northeast Iraqi towns of Jalula and Sa'dya from Islamic State (IS) militants. It comes as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the threat posed by IS extremists, who have seized...

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Foley Family Sent Email Threat By IS Kidnappers

A "rage-filled" email was sent to the family of murdered US journalist James Foley days before his death, it has emerged. The email stated the kidnappers were furious at US airstrikes against Islamic State militants and implied the journalist would...

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Gaza Airstrike Kills Senior Hamas Commanders

Three senior Hamas military commanders have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian group said. It has named the men as Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al Attar and Mohammed Barhoum, saying they died along with three other...

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Foley: Secret US Raid Failed To Free Journalist

US special forces were sent to Syria this summer in an attempt to rescue US hostages, including journalist James Foley, but the secret raid failed. Administration officials said the team found, after a fight with Islamist militants, that the hostages...

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Exclusive: US Recruits Iraq Security 'Advisers'

By Sam Kiley, Foreign Affairs Editor, and Pete Norman, Sky News Online Barack Obama may have ruled out sending "boots on the ground" back to Iraq but in the face of a growing threat from the Islamic State (IS), the Pentagon appears to have hit upon...

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British Kurds Ready To Join Fight Against IS

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent Kurdish people living in Britain have told Sky News they are willing to travel to Iraq and join the fight against Islamic State forces. Bawan Ahmed has lived in Britian for much of his life and goes...

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IS Beheads US Journalist James Foley In Video

Islamic State militants have released a video that purportedly shows the beheading of a US journalist who went missing two years ago. The footage appears to show a masked man - speaking in English with an English accent - killing James Foley, who was...

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Sky News Gets Exclusive Access To 'IS Militants'

Sky News has gained exclusive access to three suspected Islamic State militants in Iraq. The trio were captured by Kurdish peshmerga fighters as they battled to take back territory won by the Sunni extremist group. The three men are being held at a...

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Scores Held Amid 'Heavy Gunfire' In Missouri

Police have said they came under "heavy gunfire" and arrested 31 protesters in the latest flare-up of violence in Ferguson, Missouri. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades as peaceful protests descended once again into chaos after nightfall. The...

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Iraqi Militants Threaten Revenge Attacks On US

Iraqi militants have threatened to respond to US airstrikes by attacking American targets, posting a video in which they warn: "We will drown all of you in blood". The message, which was accompanied by photographs of beheadings, came as Barack Obama...

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Teen Shooting Unrest: National Guard Called In

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has ordered the National Guard to Ferguson amid rising tensions following the shooting death by police of an unarmed black teenager. Mr Nixon said the National Guard would "help restore peace and order" to the St Louis suburb...

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Cameron: 'We Are Not Going To War In Iraq'

David Cameron has insisted that Britain will not be getting involved in another war in Iraq. He spoke out after reports Britain had sent some ground troops to Irbil, to prepare the way for "more than humanitarian aid". The comments came amid reports...

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Iraq: Kurdish Forces Fight To Retake Mosul Dam

'Corpses Everywhere' After Jihadist 'Massacre' Updated: 12:54pm UK, Saturday 16 August 2014 Dead bodies were found "everywhere" when Yazidi fighters arrived at a village where jihadists have been accused of carrying out a massacre, witnesses have said....

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