Iraqs persecuted Assyrian Christians are in limbo
It faced repression under the Ottoman Turks and shuffled around the region as a diaspora for much of the 20th century: moving between Iran and Iraq, while a large contingent found refuge in America. In this article charting the historical challenges.
Arabian hospitality Majorcan style
In the near distance, landside, are skyscrapers and oil refineries belch fire like metal dragons. Down below, the hotels glorious azure swimming pool beckons like a siren. Everything is big here. This hotel groaning with crystal chandeliers and.
Germany asks CIA station chief in Berlin to leave country over US spying row
Germany today asked the CIAs station chief in Berlin to leave the country in a dramatic rebuke to Washington after its security services uncovered two cases of alleged American spying in a week. The American intelligence official was told he was no.
Dubai skyscraper goes up in flames
The company that owns the development, Tamweel, released a statement saying the fire in the mixed-use building was contained with help from the Dubai Civil Defence. Our very highest priority is the safety and well-being of the residents. To that end.
ISIS has broken with the al-Qaeda norm ��� and a new monster has emerged
Over the past week, the media spotlight has shifted from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria to ISIS in Iraq, where the jihadist group has made impressive gains. So impressive, in fact, that Washington is considering air strikes.
Watch: Huge fire engulfs Dubai skyscraper
Residents of at least one neighbouring tower were told to evacuate as a precaution because of strong winds, but they were later allowed back inside. Massive fire engulfs Dubais Torch tower, a 79-floor residential building. Two residents of the Torch.
VIDEO: Rapper Watsky slams dangerous dive off stage into London crowd
Rapper Watsky climbs the lighting structure over the Vans Warped Tour stage in London. telegraph.co.uk Rapper Watsky climbs the lighting structure over the Vans Warped Tour stage in London. For some reason, jumping off a giant structure into a crowd of .
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Police blocked off areas around the Torch, which still had power. Lights were on in many of the apartments inside and multiple fire trucks and police vehicles were on the scene. Residents of at least one neighbouring tower��.
Fire rips through 79-storey Dubai Marina Torch
A fire that engulfed the higher floors of a Dubai residential high-rise tower has been extinguished. Hundreds. In 2012, a huge blaze gutted the 34-Tamweel tower in the nearby Jumeirah Lake Towers district. It was later. WATCH: really is Towering.
Barack Obama offers US help to negotiate Israel-Hamas ceasefire
In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Obama lent his support to Israels efforts to defend itself against an onslaught of rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, but he also called on both Israel and the.
Woman breaks world record for 100m run in high heels
Any woman who has ever run for a bus or train in high heels will know they are not the easiest footwear to move at speed in. But a teenager from Germany has managed to avoid snapping a heel or spraining her ankle and broken a world record instead.
Syria: Turkey jet crash may have been accident
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Obama may have to agree deal with Iran as Islamists sweep south
A large part has been played by remnants of the Saddam Hussein regime, said to be operating as the so-called Naqshabandi Army under the authority of Izzat al-Douri, Saddams deputy who escaped the fall of Baghdad in 2003 and has eluded capture ever .
A powerful and merciless force has emerged on the world stage
Bin Laden and his successor, al���Zawahiri, aimed their fire against what they called ���the far enemy��� ��� in other words, the United States and its local allies and clients. Isis, by contrast. For the first time, they directly control huge swathes of.
Lucy Briers: Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter
It was a huge shock to us. My father was a very funny man, a brilliant raconteur in private as well as public life, who loved to laugh. And the cruelest thing was that the emphysema robbed him of laughter ��� because laughing made him cough so much that.
Taliban says Prince Harry has mental problems after he compares war with.
telegraph.co.uk. Prince Harry faces growing criticism over candid descriptions of killing Taliban fighters. He also said he was happy to have been pushed forward to the front seat, of the Apache attack helicopter, occupying the spot reserved for.
WATCH: New Zealand farmer uses drone to herd livestock on farm
Sheep run away from the drone as Marty Todd demonstrates their agricultural uses in New Zealand telegraph.co.uk Sheep run away from the drone as Marty Todd demonstrates their agricultural uses in New Zealand. The sheep find the remote-control .