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US Syria strategy in peril with collapse of CIA-backed rebel group
The Hazzm movement was favoured by the US, but disbanded last week.
Knife attacker slashes face of US ambassador to South Korea
A Korean nationalist has been arrested after the attack on Mark Lippert.
Delhi gang rape documentary has been banned in India
A film about the notorious 2012 gang rape could cause "fear and tension", police say.
Jews and Catholics pan film that defends Holocaust record of Pope Pius XII
A film about the wartime Pope is a "blundering soap opera", critics say.
Thousands file past Boris Nemtsov's coffin as shooting reveals Kremlin faultlines
The murder of the prominent opposition figure has galvanised opposition figures.
Why did charities fund campaign group that supported Mohammed Emwazi?
Politicians want to know why Cage received funding from major British charities.
Netanyahu speech: 'Iran will always be an enemy of America'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned US President Barack Obama on Tuesday against accepting a nuclear deal with Iran that would be a "countdown to a potential nuclear nightmare" by a country that "will always be an enemy of America".
Obama: Iran must freeze nuclear activity, US and Israel still disagree
Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, Barack Obama said on Monday.
David Cameron: Child sex abuse to be classified 'national threat'
Prime Minister David Cameron will make child sexual abuse a national priority on a par with organised crime on Tuesday, as he announces a series of measures to prevent systematic abuse.
Georgia halts planned execution of woman on death row
Georgia halted the planned Monday execution of the only woman on death row in the state due to problems with the drugs to be used in the lethal injection, officials said.
Victor Barnard: Fugitive US pastor accused of sexually assaulting young girls arrested in Brazil
Brazilian police have arrested a fugitive self-styled church leader wanted in Minnesota for allegedly sexually assaulting dozens of young girls, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Syria: Islamic State releases 19 Christians, more than 200 still captive
Islamic State released 19 Assyrian Christian captives in Syria on Sunday after processing them through a sharia court, a monitoring group which tracks the conflict said.
'Jihadi John' connected to failed London Underground bombers, say government papers
Islamist militant Mohammed Emwazi, identified as 'Jihadi John', was a member of a network in contact with one of the men convicted of trying to bomb the London Underground in 2005.
US-Israel ties fraying over Netanyahu's planned Iran speech
Signs are growing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress against a possible nuclear deal with Iran could damage his country's broad alliance with the United States.
70 Syrian and Iraqi migrants rescued from sinking boat
Romania's coast guard rescued 70 migrants - mostly Syrians and Iraqis - packed on to a small fishing boat that was in danger of sinking
Boris Nemtsov shooting: Police hunt for killers of Russian opposition leader
Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in a murder that underscored the risks taken by the Russian opposition.