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The US is believed to have carried out fresh raids on suspected senior Islamic State members in Syria overnight, as officials assessed a treasure trove of intelligence gathered from Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s final hideout. Helicopters reported to be from the US-led coalition flew late on Monday night into al-Shuyukh village south of Jarablus,…

A Syrian Kurd undercover agent took a pair of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s underwear for DNA identification ahead of the US raid that killed the jihadist leader, a Kurdish official said on Monday. Polat Can, a senior adviser to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), published details of the intelligence work that led to the US…

Italy’s centre-Right has won a landslide victory in Umbria, giving Matteo Salvini’s anti-immigration League party its first foothold in a region ruled by the Left for 50 years and dealing a blow to the country’s fragile ruling coalition. “We are writing the pages of history,” former deputy prime minister Mr Salvini said, as the results…

Two women in New York were kicked out of a bar after furiously confronting Harvey Weinstein as he sat in the audience at a stand-up show. Weinstein, 67, who will go on trial in January on charges of rape and sexual assault, was with friends at the Downtime Bar in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.…

Calling someone a ‘bitch’ in Massachusetts could lead to a six-month jail term and a hefty fine, under legislation proposed by a Democrat lawmaker in the state this week. The bill, H3719, was put forward by state representative Dan Hunt and states that the word should be considered a disorderly conduction violation when it is…

The parents of Kayla Mueller, who died while being held hostage by Islamic State, praised Donald Trump’s "decisiveness" and criticised Barack Obama’s handling of their daughter’s captivity. The operation at the weekend, in which the terrorist group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, was named after Miss Mueller.  Click Here: cheap shoe stores Her mother Marsha…

The RSPB is sending a task force to a remote Atlantic island to eliminate giant mice which eat albatross chicks alive. The government has given funding to the programme, which will begin next year. The mice were introduced by human activity and do not naturally occur. Because of this, the endangered chicks, which are often left…

Police had hoped for a deathbed confession, and families of suspected victims wanted answers, but Australia’s most notorious serial killer used his final, sealed message to demand a state-funded funeral. Ivan Milat, who was serving life for seven murders, died of cancer on Sunday morning in Long Bay prison. Days earlier he had handed a…

Tired of tourists thrusting their cameras in the faces of geisha as they clip-clop on wooden “geta” sandals through Kyoto, residents of the Gion district have banned photography on private lanes and are imposing a fine of Y10,000 (£71) on anyone who ignores the new order.  Signs announcing the new local regulation went up on…

The US House of Representatives will this week will debate legislation establishing procedures for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. In a letter to her fellow Democrats,  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the measure would lay the groundwork for public hearings, along with ways to set "due process" for Mr…