... * Al-Omar oil field in the hands of Islamic State. * Al Qaeda's Nusra Front withdraws from two towns. * Islamic State strengthens gains across Deir al-Zor (Releads with oil field capture). By Sylvia Westall. BEIRUT, July 3 (Reuters) - Militants from the Islamic ...

Israel reinforced its troops near the Gaza Strip after the recent killings of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers fueled concerns that violence may escalate. The troop build-up, including limited numbers of reservists, was ordered after rocket fire on Israel from ...

What went wrong with Andy Murray on Centre Court remained a mystery today but at least there was an explanation for his ill-mannered outburst. Murray, who was overheard shouting “Five f***ing minutes before the match starts” in the third set of ...

What went wrong with Andy Murray on Centre Court remained a mystery today but at least there was an explanation for his ill-mannered outburst. Murray, who was overheard shouting “Five f***ing minutes before the match starts” in the third set of ...

What went wrong with Andy Murray on Centre Court remained a mystery today but at least there was an explanation for his ill-mannered outburst. Murray, who was overheard shouting “Five f***ing minutes before the match starts” in the third set of ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has left its main interest rates unchanged at record lows, holding off fresh policy action to spur lending and inflation. The ECB is waiting for its latest rate cuts to show an effect. The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, ...

Fortaleza, Brazil: Colombia have only managed to beat Brazil twice in 25 previous meetings, but having won all four of their matches at the 2014 World Cup are buoyant heading into their quarter-final against the hosts on Friday. Here is a looks at five reasons ...

Andy Murray was given 5 minutes warning that he was due on court for his quarter-final match, it emerged today, which has been cited as the explanation for his by now notorious outburst. Murray had shouted “5 f***ing minutes before the match starts” during ...

Facebook Privacy Flaw Exposes Private Photos The Facebook logo is reflected in the eyeglasses of a user in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2011. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images. Research in digital media is turning data science into human subjects ...

The Natural Order has been restored. After the anarchy of recent days, with seeds toppling and reputations taking a battering, there was a sense of the world righting itself with the 7-6, 6-1 victory of Petra Kvitova over her Czech compatriot, Lucie Safarova.

In this May 29, 2013 photo, job seeker Craig Cline of Lincolnwood, Ill., right, meets with Jeremy Skeeters, left, and Lindy Hammel, of Aflac Insurance Co., during a career fair in Rolling Meadows, Ill. Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most ...

The outcome of the Iraq and Syrian conflicts may rest on who controls the region's dwindling water supplies, say security analysts in London and Baghdad. Rivers, canals, dams, sewage and desalination plants are now all military targets in the semi-arid ...

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is over as far as the United States team is concerned. The extra time defeat at the hands (actually, the feet) of Belgian squad ended the dream. It has been a remarkable few weeks for soccer among Americans with incessant ...

The failure to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is an 'ongoing national scandal' with as many as 170,000 victims in the UK, MPs have said. Failures by ministers, police and other agencies have led to the 'preventable mutilation of thousands of girls' ...

The failure to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is an 'ongoing national scandal' with as many as 170,000 victims in the UK, MPs have said. Failures by ministers, police and other agencies have led to the 'preventable mutilation of thousands of girls' ...

The failure to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is an 'ongoing national scandal' with as many as 170,000 victims in the UK, MPs have said. Failures by ministers, police and other agencies have led to the 'preventable mutilation of thousands of girls' ...

The failure to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is an 'ongoing national scandal' with as many as 170,000 victims in the UK, MPs have said. Failures by ministers, police and other agencies have led to the 'preventable mutilation of thousands of girls' ...

By seizing the Al-Omar oil field, IS now controls most oil and gas fields in the oil-rich Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, most of whose countryside is also under its control. “IS took control of the Al-Omar oil field,” located north of the strategic town of Mayadeen, also ...

Why has France successfully prosecuted over 100 criminals relating to FGM while the UK will make its first prosecution this year? FGM ncrj Successive governments were today blamed for failing to protect vulnerable girls who are victims of female genital ...

KIEV, July 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian border guard authorities said in a statement on Thursday that Russian combat helicopters violated the country's borders on several occasions after crossing into the Ukrainian air space on several occasions on the ...