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Turkey's air force hits IS and PKK in Syria and Iraq

Turkish air force jets have carried out fresh strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and also hit Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. It was the second successive night that Turkey had targeted IS. It follows a week which saw a bomb ... >> view original

Warning not to copy 'stupid' Tower Bridge jump stunt

People are being warned not to copy a "stupid" stunt after a teenager almost drowned after jumping off Tower Bridge. Faisal Shinwari, who has more than 28,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, was rescued by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ... >> view original

Obama Kenya trip: President speaks at Entrepreneurship summit

US President Barack Obama is speaking at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on the first full day of his trip to Kenya. Mr Obama arrived in Nairobi on Friday evening and had dinner with relatives of his Kenyan father. Trade is a key theme of the visit ... >> view original

Grace Mugabe: From Chivu to Gracelands

NEVER in her wildest dreams when she was growing up in a dusty rural Chivu village with her mother while her father was an immigrant worker in apartheid South Africa would First Lady Grace Mugabe — who turned 50 yesterday — have imagined living in ... >> view original

Aylesbury child sex abuse trial: Barnardo's raised fears in 2008

Concerns about a girl repeatedly abused by a gang of men in Buckinghamshire were raised by a charity several years before the perpetrators were arrested, it has emerged. Barnardo's told the BBC it had worked with the ring's two victims in 2008 and ... >> view original

1 loud shot, followed by another, another: Survivor describes shooting in ...

A woman leaves a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for store co-owner Jillian Johnson at Red Arrow Workshop in River Ranch in Lafayette, La., Friday, July 24, 2015. According to The Daily Advertiser, store co-owner Johnson was among the ... >> view original

Nasheed's 13-year term commuted to house arrest

COLOMBO: Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed has had his 13-year prison sentence commuted to a term under house arrest, his international lawyer Jared Genser said Friday. “The government of the Maldives has permanently moved president ... >> view original

Uber ice cream day paves way for delivering more than people

Delivering Little Man Ice Cream on a 90-degree day? Uber Denver says done, what's next? By Tamara Chuang The Denver Post. Posted: 07/25/2015 12:01:00 AM MDT. Uber Denver driver Monica Ortega loads a chest of ice cream into her car. Drivers for the ... >> view original

Julie Bishop to push MH17 tribunal at UN

FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop will personally push for the United Nations Security Council to establish an international criminal tribunal on the downing of flight MH17 12 months ago. AUSTRALIA and the four other members of the joint investigation team ... >> view original

Putin fires 1.10 lakh employees to revive tumbling eco

The IMF has claimed that Russia's economy has shrunk by 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015; their estimate for the full year is a 3.8 percent GDP decline. Google +. Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3. Putin fires 1.10 lakh ... >> view original