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'Jihadi John' photo: First adult picture in baseball cap revealed
British television broadcast the first picture of Mohammed Emwazi as a student on Friday, showing the man identified as the Islamic State "Jihadi John" killer with a mustache and goatee beard wearing a large baseball cap.
David Cameron vows to hunt down 'Jihadi John'
Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as "Jihadi John" after the killer was unmasked as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.
The Francis effect: How fighting climate change has become a moral duty
A significant majority of Americans say combating climate change is a moral issue that obligates them â and world leaders â to reduce carbon emissions, a Reuters/IPSOS poll has found.
Boko Haram kills 23 people in Northern Nigeria
Boko Haram bombers killed 23 people on Thursday, authorities said, as the Islamist insurgents fight back against a military offensive launched by Nigeria and three neighbouring countries.
ISIS militant 'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi
The "Jihadi John" killer who has featured in several Islamic State beheading videos isMohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a middle class family who grew up in London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming, the Washington Post newspaper said.
Brit Awards 2015: Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith are night's biggest winners
The top British music awards went to young men on Wednesday as Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith bagged the most important trophies in a star-studded Brit Awards show in London.
Pope Francis' Mexico remark not meant to offend, Vatican says
A remark by Pope Francis to the effect that he hoped his homeland Argentina could avoid "Mexicanization" was not intended to offend Mexicans or to undervalue the government's efforts to fight drug trafficking, the Vatican said.
US charges three with conspiring to support Islamic State
Three men were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to support Islamic State, including two who planned to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of the radical group, US authorities said.
Afghanistan: More than 180 dead in worst avalanches for 30 years
More than 180 people have been killed in north Afghanistan in some of the worst avalanches there for 30 years, officials said on Thursday.
UK police believe missing schoolgirls have crossed into Syria
British police said on Tuesday they believed that three London schoolgirls who travelled to Turkey and are thought to be trying to join militant Sunni Islamist group Islamic State, have now crossed into Syria.
American Sniper murder: killer Eddie Ray Routh gets life without parole
The killer of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield was sentenced after the court rejected his plea of insanity.
North Korea could have 100 nuclear weapons in five years, research says
US officials are "deeply concerned" about the country's progress.
World first as three-parent IVF procedure passes crucial Lords vote
Researchers say the technique could see the first babies born in 2016.
Indonesia will execute 11 drugs traffickers despite mercy pleas
Citizens of Australia, Brazil and France will be executed by firing squad.
Ukraine claims rebels are attacking villages in spite of ceasefire deal
Hopes of a truce are all but ended as pro-Russian forces continue attacking.
Oscar night sees top acting awards go to moving portrayals of illness
Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore triumph for depicting ALS and Alzheimer's.