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Cracking down

WHO calls for ban on smoking e-cigarettes indoors

26 Aug 2014

14.7k

alive and well

How this horrifying Ice Bucket Challenge fail became a viral death hoax

26 Aug 2014

70.7k

dirty tricks

WATCH: US politician uses image of James Foley's killer in 'reprehensible' campaign ad

26 Aug 2014

12.7k

islamic state

Suspected killer of James Foley is London rapper and son of Al-Qaeda suspect - reports

26 Aug 2014

21.6k

islamic state

Obama okays spy planes over Syria... but no airstikes yet

26 Aug 2014

5.2k

warning

Tourists urged to take care swimming after boy dies from box jellyfish sting in Thailand

26 Aug 2014

13.5k

Conflict

Putin V Poroshenko: Russia and Ukraine's presidents to meet today

26 Aug 2014

4.5k

Scotland

Mother jailed for killing her 3-year-old

25 Aug 2014

30.0k

Ferguson

Mourners throng church in St. Louis for funeral of slain teen Michael Brown

25 Aug 2014

11.7k

indyref

'Nobody is better placed to run Scotland than Scottish people'

25 Aug 2014

8.4k

Strikes

Israeli fire kills 10 Palestinians across Gaza

25 Aug 2014

4.1k

spectator sport

Amazon bets big that there's a market for watching gamers play - buys Twitch for $970m

25 Aug 2014

6.8k

Ukraine

Ukrainian parliament dissolved on the eve of key peace talks

25 Aug 2014

5.9k

Skyline

Man who scaled the Brooklyn Bridge "for fun" has been charged

25 Aug 2014

15.4k

Freed

US hostage released in Syria after two years

25 Aug 2014

15.6k

dangerously close

China not backing down in 'spy plane' row with US

25 Aug 2014

14.1k

Tragedy

Scottish teenager drowns in incident linked to ice bucket challenge

25 Aug 2014

46.6k

Independence referendum

Opinion: It's crunch time... Salmond and Darling go head-to-head over Scotland's future

Natalie Tennyson

25 Aug 2014

240

Shaken

Child crushed by fireplace in California earthquake

25 Aug 2014

10.8k

France

French government collapses after row over economic policy

25 Aug 2014

17.4k

Love

James Foley wrote a letter to his family while in captivity and it's beautiful

25 Aug 2014

26.6k

separate but related

Fears of new Ebola outbreak after two deaths in Congo

25 Aug 2014

7.2k

RIP

Director and actor Richard Attenborough dead aged 90

24 Aug 2014

24.3k

Scouts Honour

This coffee shop works on the honour system - and nobody steals

24 Aug 2014

33.0k

Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Me, Myself and I

24 Aug 2014

12.3k

QSIS

Islamic authority says extremists are 'no Islamic State'

24 Aug 2014

13.4k

EBOLA

British Ebola victim being flown back to Britain

24 Aug 2014

11.0k

Liveblog

Sunderland v Manchester United, Premier League

24 Aug 2014

33.5k

Gaza

Gaza offensive 'will last as long as necessary' says Netanyahu

24 Aug 2014

7.4k

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Shaken

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits California

24 Aug 2014

20.6k

No-Fly Zone

Iceland lowers aviation risk from volcano to orange alert

24 Aug 2014

14.9k

Money Money Money

Money makes people mean - here's how Monopoly proves it

24 Aug 2014

11.7k

Interview

'You have to be a bit crazed or obsessed to get to Louis van Gaal's level'

24 Aug 2014

18.0k

tensions rise

Islamist fighters seize Tripoli airport

24 Aug 2014

10.6k

RIP

Soccer player dies after being hit by object from crowd

24 Aug 2014

53.8k

Opinion

Opinion: The killing and imprisonment of journalists should concern us all

Kirsten Roberts

24 Aug 2014

346

policing

'We're here to deal with the rotten apples': Thousands rally over chokehold death in New York

24 Aug 2014

18.3k

She's gonna blow

Uh oh: Iceland ups volcano aviation alert to red

23 Aug 2014

61.6k

Terrorism

Opinion: The murder of James Foley will backfire spectacularly on Isis

Colm O'Mahony

23 Aug 2014

277

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Bad Neighbours

"Time for peace" as Russian convoy returns from Ukraine

23 Aug 2014

7.7k

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