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ISIS forces in Iraq

How ISIS Uses Brutality As Propaganda To Sow Panic, Recruit Members

Experts agree that the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant's (ISIS) release of video executing American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff was meant to cause global panic and to recruit members from around the world.

Prime Minister David Cameron

British PM Cameron: Paying Terrorists Ransom Is ‘Utterly Self-Defeating’

Speaking at the NATO Summit gala dinner Thursday evening, British Prime Minister David Cameron reminded fellow world leaders of their commitment to oppose ransom payments to terror groups like those made last year, calling it self-defeating and risky for the rest of their people back home.

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014.

Human Rights Watch Identifies More ISIS Mass Execution Graves, Lone Survivor Tells His Story

The Human Rights Watch released a statement on Tuesday confirming the locations of three mass grave sites where Iraqi troops were executed after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) overran north Bhagdad's military base in June.

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito

Number of Dengue Fever Cases in Tokyo Rises to 55

Most of those hit by the disease recovered within days of contracting dengue.

Israel Confirms Sotloff’s Dual US-Israeli Citizenship Hours After ISIS Execution

Hours after White House intelligence agencies authenticated the videotaped beheading of Steven Sotloff, the Israeli government announced that the slain American journalist was its citizen.

Islamic State (IS)

Senior ISIS Commander Reported Dead, Dozens Abducted, Killed in Baghdad

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) may have just suffered a massive loss after reports that the organization's Abu Hajar al-Suri, the group's second highest ranking official, has died Thursday.

Barack Obama

Obama Not Intimidated By ISIS’s Beheading Of American-Israeli Journalist Steven Sotloff

President Barack Obama said the videotaped beheading of American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff released Tuesday will not intimidate the United States.

PM David Cameron

British PM Cameron Uncowed Despite Pressure To Negotiate With ISIS Militants

British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a speech addressed to the House of Commons on Wednesday that the U.K. will never give in to terrorism in the wake of an ISIS threat to behead an unnamed British aid worker.

Milwaukee Bucks announced Wednesday Jason Kidd as new head coach. Lionel Hollins replaces the 10-time NBA All Star player as Brooklyn Nets head coach.

New Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Jason Kidd Denies Attempts At Power Play In Brooklyn

After being criticized for his power play stunt with Brooklyn Nets in the last couple of days, Kidd was finally announced Wednesday as the new head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks.

A 15-year research found that the Triceratops, the three-horned dinosaur, took over a million years to evolve its famous horns.

Study: Three-horned Dinosaur Triceratops Took Two Million Years To Evolve

A new study published Monday concludes that the famous Triceratops – named and known for their three prominent horns – took more than two million years of evolution to arrive at their signature form.

Referee Pedro Proenca red-carded Cameroon's Alex Song during the June 18 Cameroon-Croatia match.

Convicted Match-Fixer Denies Predicting Cameroon-Croatia Match Results

Convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal denied Tuesday the report published in a German weekly in which he allegedly accused the Cameroon team of selling their game against Croatia.

American fans dominate the 2014 World Cup online, according to early tallies released by FIFA.

FIFA Report: United States Fans Dominate World Cup Online

Team USA's World Cup dream may be over but online, fans across the United States have been tallying some really big figures, according to a partial report released by FIFA.

British artist Tracey Emin with her controversial

Controversial Unmade Bed Artwork Sells for US$4.3 million

A 16-year old unmade bed that turned into an art installation was sold for US$4.3 million at a London auction Tuesday. It was among the four art pieces that achieved world record at the Christie's auction.

Former General Xu Caihou was expelled from China's Communist Party by President Xi Jinping during the Monday Politburo meeting.

Former General Xu Caihou Faces Court Martial After Graft Charges

Retired General Xu Caihou, one of China's most senior military official, is among the latest members to be expelled from the Communist Party Monday in President Xi Jinping's zero-tolerance towards corruption campaign.

An Israeli woman holding a sign showing images of the three abducted teenagers in Tel Aviv Sunday.

Israel Calls Hamas 'Human Beasts', Vows To Make Hamas Pay For Killing Three Kidnapped Teenagers

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers have been found hidden in a shallow grave in the Southern West Bank.

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