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Hours after the United States launched airstrikes in Iraq to destroy ISIS artillery, supporters of the Islamic militants began calling for retaliation against the U.S. They used Twitter in posting their direct threats with the hashtag #Amessagefrom ISIStoUS. When U.S. President Barack Obama announced "limited airstrikes" in northern Iraq, Islamic jihad and ISIS supporters slammed the president's decision.

The grandfather of the Australian boy who held a soldier's decapitated head while posing for the camera was sickened by what he saw. The young boy was reportedly forced to hold the head of an executed soldier in Syria.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed that the search for more remains of MH17 victims will resume in eastern Ukraine once conditions are safe. In a visit to Netherlands, Mr Abbott assured the victims' families that no Australian will be left in the MH17 crash site.

A Polish couple who only wanted to pose for a picture at Cabo da Roca met their untimely death instead.

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The U.S. air strikes in Iraq will only have "minimal impact" on ISIS, the Islamic militants that overrun most of the area. President Barack Obama has authorised "limited strikes" against the militants who are in immediate areas targeted by the U.S. military. Despite the continuous airstrikes for four days, U.S. lawmakers fear an impending attack by ISIS on American soil. U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham said that unless a more decisive action is taken against Islamic militants, the threat...

An eve teaser from India had experienced firsthand how viral the fury of a woman can be. Veena Ashiya Chindlur kicked KR Suryaprakash on his face to avenge herself when the latter sexually harasses her on the streets.

The investigation regarding the New Zealand girl who fell to her death in Australia has begun. According to authorities on the case, the last person to have seen Warriena Tagpuno Wright was Gable Tostee. The 28-year-old man has denied any involvement in Wright's death.

Drought is slowly covering eastern Australia as the area is in the middle of its driest year since the Federation Drought more than 100 years ago. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the average rainfall in eastern Australia including the coastal areas from Coffs Harbour to Bundaberg for the last 12 months was at its lowest level since 1901-02.

A fishing boat in New Zealand has caught a small plane in its nets when it was in the ocean near Cape Barrier on August 7. Reports said the plane wreckage was belongs to a man who was declared missing in his homemade bi-plane months ago. According to his estranged wife, a Sanford fishing trawler finding the plane was "like a miracle."

A marriage without sex can possibly happen, as in the case of Ian and Paula McFadyen. Unconditional love will help carry it through.

The deranged 30-year-old suspect named Henry Chau, with his friend and accomplice Tse Chun Kei, 36, allegedly killed Chau's elderly parents, chopped their corpses and even cooked their flesh and packed them in lunchboxes. The crime happened in March.

When 39-year-old Adriana, a Brazilian, searched for her mother who abandoned her as a baby, she came upon a shocking truth about her family - that the man she married, Leandro, 37, is her biological brother.

A Brazilian woman searching for her long-lost mother learnt on a live radio show that her husband of seven years is actually her brother.

Australian and Dutch authorities have abandoned their search for the remains of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 disaster. In a statement, Australian envoy Angus Houston and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that it was "impossible" for them to continue the search amid the worsening conflict in Ukraine.

There was uproar in Saudi Arabia after a female news anchor appeared on national television without wearing a headscarf.

Five teenage males were arrested after allegedly threatening dozens of Jewish children with Nazi chants on a school bus in Sydney on Wednesday.

New Zealand's ski slopes are running out of snow three months into the winter season. Some popular ski resorts have not opened because of the lack of snow in what has been described as the warmest Southern Hemisphere winter since records began in 1909.

Jealousy has led a Chinese wife to cut off another woman's breasts. Xiao Lin, a 27-year-old woman, was at home watching television in her home in Heshan, China when she heard a knock at her door. As she got up to answer the door, someone had kicked it hard that she fell to the floor. The blow had left her unconscious.

The latest video ad of Under Armour went viral as ballerina Misty Copeland became the new face of the American clothing company’s campaign called “I Will What I Want.” The viral video features a solo routine from the 31-year-old soloist of the American Ballet Theatre with a voice of a young girl sharing about a rejection letter she received from a ballet academy.

In a strange incident, a woman was spotted walking a naked man tied with leash. The bizarre incident took place in West Virginia and left the witnesses of the “consensual sex game” shocked.

Four people were rushed to a hospital in Toronto after they were struck by lightning while taking refuge from the rain under a tree.

Overweight or obese workers in New Zealand earn less than their thinner counterparts. According to a study by Roy Morgan Research, 63.5 per cent of adults in New Zealand are either overweight or obese while 34.8 per cent have normal weight. The survey found that about 1.7 per cent of Kiwis are underweight.

A former royal aide has taken into writing his experiences working with the British Royals including Prince Charles and the late princess Diana, even to the extent of revealing the beginnings of the Charles- Camilla Bowles affair in his new book "On Duty With The Queen."

A 40-year-old U.S. woman was arrested on Sunday August 3 after she was suspected for killing her child.

Canada teacher Neil Bantleman is going to stay in jail for 40 more days. The Ontario man was earlier arrested in Indonesia even though he had not been charged. Bantleman has been accused of sexual assault on children.

A group of Oxford University students caught the attention of singer Shakira with their a capella performance on the Colombian music artist’s 2006 hit single titled “Hips Don’t Lie.” The video that the all-male a capella group called Out of the Blue released to raise money for charity reached the Grammy-winning music artist and it became a viral hit after Shakira shared the link on Facebook and Twitter.

A selfie-obsessed man failed to take the perfect gun selfie when the weapon accidentally went off and killed him with a shot on the head.

Jaime Palm, a 15-year-old Canadian student, died after a football post fell on her head. She was a student at Bill Crothers Secondary School, Ontario.