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ISIS: At least 220 Iraqis aged 18 - 55 executed by Islamic State militants after opposing their takeover
At least 220 members of a tribe that opposed the Islamic State were found this week to have been executed
Google ordered to pay damages to woman whose breast was partially exposed in Street View image
Google has been told it must pay over $2,000 in damages to a Canadian woman after she was snapped by the Street View cameras with part of her breast exposed.
Boko Haram seize northeast Nigerian town, dozens killed
Boko Haram militants have seized control of the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi, killing dozens of people and forcing thousands to flee, witnesses said.
Unjustifiable homicide: what 46 police bullets say about a culture of killing
Milton Hall was killed two years ago, but new footage of his death makes shocking viewing.
Brittany Maynard may not go ahead with assisted suicide on Saturday: 'I still have enough joy'
The terminal cancer sufferer will delay her suicide - but says it will come.
Gun-toting pastor arrested after shots fired
An Australian pastor and activist has been arrested after allegedly firing a gun at a mining protest.
No hope for survivors in Sri Lanka landslide, over 100 dead
Hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out by first light on Thursday.
Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State
Peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq are heading towards Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege.
Woman records 10 hours of street harassment in New York; gets rape threats when video goes viral
One woman was secretly filmed walking the streets of New York for 10 hours in a powerful demonstration of the verbal harassment and catcalling the Big Apple's women have to put up with.
North Korea executes members of the ruling Workers' Party by firing squad for watching South Korean TV shows
There are reports in The Telegraph today of senior figures in the North Korean government being executed for watching South Korean soap operas.
Ebola in Sierra Leone: Food aid saving quarantined families from starvation
Christian Aid says food security has become a bigger concern for some people than catching Ebola
Czechs honour 105-year-old British man who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Holocaust
Sir Nicholas Winton has received the Czech Republic's highest award.
Islamic State fights Syrian army for gas field, killing 30
Islamic State militants in Syria killed at least 30 pro-government fighters in an assault on a gas field that has witnessed some of the bloodiest confrontations between the two sides, a monitoring group said today.
After Washington high school shooting, churches open their doors to offer prayer and support
As the small town of Marysville, Washington state, continues to reel from a fatal high school shooting last Friday, churches are doing all they can to comfort and heal the heartbroken community.
Hungry for justice: new movement calls Christians to fast for the climate
A year of prayer and fasting begins in November.
China to crack down on illegal cults after brutal murder of mother outside McDonald's
China will tighten the law to impose harsher punishments on people participating in illegal cults after a brutal murder earlier in the year.