BBC News
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VIDEO: Fixing soles on the streets of Havana September 19, 2015
A cobbler in Cuba talks about running his own business in Havana.
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VIDEO: Has Greece fallen out of love with Syriza? September 18, 2015
BBC News asked the people of Athens if they had fallen out of love with Syriza.
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VIDEO: 'It's a journey for a new life' September 18, 2015
Najeen Mustafa, a 16 year old from Syria is trying to reach her brother in Germany.
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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian Fraser reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
Iraq
– HUNDREDS YAZIDIS EXECUTED BY ISIS IN IRAQ
A statement from the Yazidi Progress Party, on Friday 05/01/2015, said 300 Yazidi captives were killed in the Tal Afar district near the city. Thousands of members of the religious minority group, a mixed of early Christianity and… Continue reading
– ABU ALAA AL-AFRI – THE NEW ACTING LEADER OF ISIS
* Abu Alaa al-Afri, also known as ‘Haji Imam’ and whose real name is Abdelrahman Moustafa Qurdashi, is a professor of physics and a teacher in Tal Afar [northwestern Iraqi city] in Nineveh, and has dozens of… Continue reading
– ANIS ABID SARDAR – A BRITISH BOMBER IN IRAQ
A British man, Anis Abid Sardar, worked in 2007 on bombs planted in Iraq that claimed the life of a US soldier, a court has heard on 04/28/2015. .
Sergeant Randy Johnson, 34, was killed in an… Continue reading
– STILL VERY FAR FROM DEFEAT
I.S.I.S captured, on Friday 04/24/2915, the Tharthar Dam near Fallujah Anbar province and killed 127 Iraqi troops including a top army Brigadier, Hassan Abbas Toufan, Commander of the Iraqi No. 1 Division, in attacks that show the militant group’s resilience… Continue reading
– SAMIR AL-KHLIFAWI – HAJI BAKR
* Samir Abd Muhammad al-Khlifawi is a former colonel in the intelligence service of Saddam Hussein’s air defense force who went by the pseudonym Haji Bakr. Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein,… Continue reading
– 04/2015 – ISIS LOSSES & GAINS
The Pentagon says that while Islamic State – I.S.I.S – militants have lost control of up to 6,500 square miles in Iraq, they have gained a bit of ground in Syria since last August.
Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon… Continue reading
– THE CONFUSION OVER THE BATTLE OF TIKRIT
In mid 02/2015 Shiaa forces in Syria launched two offensive against Syrian ‘rebels’ – actually against Sunni militants from Jabhat al-Nusra in the South, near the Jordanian-Israeli borders, and against I.S.I.S (Daesh) in Aleppo province – near the Turkish border.… Continue reading
– MOSUL MUSEUM VANDALISED BY ISIS
A video published by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (I.S.I.S), on Thursday 02/26/2015, showed statues and artefacts dating back to thousands of years being smashed into pieces, drawing ire from the international community.
Three “ISIS criminals” accused… Continue reading