'American bombing had signed my death certificate': Missing US journalist James Wright Foley goes unflinching to his death as ISIS behead him in horrific video, as a warning to Obama

• American photojournalist James Wright Foley has been beheaded by ISIS forces
• Foley has been missing since Thanksgiving 2012 while working in…

'I'm sure you've seen much worse than that': Uncle of Australian SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy who was photographed brandishing the head of a Syrian soldier - taken by his jihadist father - says the image should be dismissed

• Mostafa Sharrouf says Australia should 'forget' about the photo of his nephew 
  
  
• Young son of Khaled Sharrouf was photographed holding the severed head in the northern Syrian city of…

US begins bombing ISIS, with first strike on Islamists' artillery already confirmed: Obama carries out his threat to stop the spread of ISIS in a bid to save thousands of lives

• GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This story contains images of death that some readers may find disturbing
  
  
• 'Today America is coming to help', he told Iraqis in an address to the nation broadcast live on U.S.…

The curly-haired, bearded hipster from a wealthy family who has become a sword-wielding ISIS poster boy 

• A bearded Egyptian known as the 'hipster jihadi' has joined terror group Isis
• Known as Islam Yaken, friends described him as 'funny but respectful'…

'MH17 jet was shot down by missile launcher put on the back of my Volvo': Ukrainian says footage proves pro-Russian separatists commandeered his truck to transport weapon 

• Key clue links pro-Moscow rebels to truck seen carrying BUK missile system
• Owner of 'only such white Volvo truck in Donetsk region' has identified his lorry and said it was commandeered…

F%^&ing People Over

I debate the use of the %^& in the title, but I figure the words may go further if I play coy.  I’m generally quite straightforward.

I looked at the behavior choice of f%^&ing Others over and asked the question of My dear friend Thor, what motivated that behavior other than money.  He said “fun.”

I then asked what the percentages might be.  What percentage of that behavior was for money and what…

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into…

China says dozens killed in Xinjiang attack

Report says men with knives attack police station in western region, leading to civilian casualties and deadly response.

Last updated: 29 Jul 2014 21:00

Dozens of people have been killed and injured in an attack in China's far western Xinjiang region, home to the mainly Muslim Uyghur minority, state media…

FISA court judges buying Verizon stock as they approve NSA surveillance

Thatcher's bodyguard says he warned her about underage sex rumours about close aide amid claims senior ministers were named in dossier

• Barry Strevens says he told Iron Lady about rumours about Peter Morrison 
• Thatcher listened during No.10 meeting, but went on to promote her aide
• New claims emerged about dossier…

There may have been establishment cover-up of child abuse claims to 'protect the system', says Lord Tebbit

• Ex-Tory party chairman says it was 'more important to protect the system'
• Says it was 'spectacularly wrong' because the abuses have 'grown'
• Government says 114 secret files on paedophile cases have gone…

The jihadist schoolboy dubbed 'Osama Bin Bieber': Teenager from Coventry 'fighting alongside ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria'

• Mohammed Hadi, 18, believed to have travelled to war-torn region to fight
• The former college student had become radicalised, it is said
• He is known as 'Bin Bieber' because he looks so…

Utah county follows Cliven Bundy's lead, refuses to recognize federal agencies

George Clooney plans to become governor of California before fighting for presidency

Published time: June 17, 2014 16:08

Hollywood actor George Clooney is reportedly planning to run for governor of California within the next four years – an event that, if successful, could ultimately launch a campaign for the presidency.

According to the British tabloid newspaper…

Iraq blocks Twitter, Facebook, YouTube amid growing ISIS threat

'White phosphorus' reports: Ukraine military 'dropped incendiary bombs' on Slavyansk

Fleeing the Monster of Mosul: 500,000 escape Iraq's second biggest city after it 'falls like a plane without an engine' to warlord more 'virulent and violent than Bin Laden' 

• Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul yesterday after four days of heavy fighting
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 43, known as Adu Dua, has emerged as one of the world's most lethal terrorist…

Factories burnt in Vietnam anti-China protest

14 May 2014 Last updated at 09:52 GMT

Several factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at an industrial park in southern Vietnam, amid tensions over the South China Sea.…