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Kerry: Fight against IS group not a repeat of Gulf, Iraq wars

US Secretary of State John Kerry tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that US military action to counter Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria is not a repeat of the Gulf or Iraq wars of 1991 and 2003. Duration: 00:48

Sep 18, 2014

Structural tests ordered after fatal Lagos building collapse

Rescue workers have pulled 7 more bodies from a collapsed guesthouse at a megachurch in Nigeria's financial capital Lagos, raising the death toll to 70, emergency services said on Wednesday. Duration: 00:34

Sep 18, 2014

Qatar Emir tells Germany his country doesn't back extremists

Qatar's emir said in Germany on Wednesday that his wealthy Gulf state does not back Islamic "terrorist organisations", and Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had no reason to doubt him. Duration: 00:42

Sep 18, 2014

Ebola vaccine trial gets underway at Oxford University

A healthy British volunteer is to become the first person to receive a new vaccine for the Ebola virus after US President Barack Obama called for action against the epidemic and warned it was "spiralling out of control." Duration: 01:02

Sep 18, 2014

Scotland's Scone ancestors divided on independence bid

Few places are as important in Scottish history as Scone, where no fewer than 42 of the country's kings were crowned. But like the rest of Scotland, this quiet corner of Perthshire is split on Thursday's independence vote. Duration: 01:00

Sep 18, 2014

Bangui residents react as UN starts peacekeeping mission

A new UN mission on Monday officially took charge of peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic, with the tough task of ending ethnic and religious bloodshed there and helping bring back stability. Duration: 01:00

Sep 18, 2014

Sony warns of $2.14 bn annual loss, blames mobile unit

Sony says it will lose $2.14 billion this fiscal year, more than four times its earlier forecast as the Japanese electronics giant blames a downturn in its mobile phone business. Duration: 00:54

Sep 18, 2014

Rushed evacuations as Philippine volcano spews lava

Lava cascaded down the Philippines' most active volcano as authorities rush to evacuate thousands ahead of a possible deadly eruption. Duration: 00:38

Sep 17, 2014

Two civilians killed in fighting in rebel-held Donetsk

Two civilians were killed in fighting in the rebel-held eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, where fierce battles were raging near the airport on Wednesday, city hall said. Duration: 01:06

Sep 17, 2014

Volunteer Iraqi doctors give free consultations to displaced

Volunteer doctors who fled in the swathes of territory north of Baghdad seized by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) are touring an assortment of makeshift camps for the displaced to assess medical needs. Duration: 01:01

Sep 17, 2014

Boeing, SpaceX to send astronauts to space station

NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX on Tuesday to build America's next spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2017, opening the way to a new chapter in human spaceflight. Duration: 01:13

Sep 17, 2014

China tries Uighur professor for separatism

Chinese authorities put a prominent scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur minority on trial for separatism as critics warn the prosecution will worsen tensions in violence-wracked Xinjiang. Duration: 00:35

Sep 17, 2014

Brown appeals to Scots' patriotism for vote against split

Former British prime minister Gordon Brown appealed to wartime patriotism at a rally in Glasgow on Wednesday, calling on Scots to reject independence in a momentous referendum less than a day away. Duration: 01:22

Sep 17, 2014

Bangladesh court commutes top Islamist's death sentence

Bangladesh's highest court commutes the death sentence on a top Islamist preacher, triggering clashes between police and secular protesters who slammed the decision as too lenient. Duration: 00:39

Sep 17, 2014