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Rolling Stones on YouTube invite Cubans to free concert

The Rolling Stones are welcoming Cubans to their free concert on Friday with Mick Jagger speaking Spanish in a video on YouTube, though few are likely to see it, given Cuba's scant Internet penetration.

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Video of “Japanese hostage” has message to family

A video surfaced on Thursday appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country.

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Aussie researcher reveals secrets to creating successful "viral" video

​An Australian researcher has claimed to have unravelled the mystery surrounding what it takes to create a "viral video" that has the power to captivate the world.

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China's LeTV earnings soar in 2015

​Earnings of Chinese online video website LeTV soared in 2015 thanks to brisk sales of its smart TV products, a preliminary earnings estimate showed on Sunday.

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Snake found eating a kangaroo in Australia

​Campers in the north of Australia have been left shocked after a 17-foot-long snake was found eating a kangaroo only meters away from where they were sleeping.

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Australian police raid homes linked to Islamic State "doctor"

Australian counter-terrorism police have conducted raids on two homes with suspected links to a supposed doctor who appeared in an Islamic State (IS) propaganda video last year, local media reported on Monday.

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Malay-speaking wing of IS sends video warning to Malaysia,Najib: We're not shaken

​The Malay-speaking wing of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (IS) has sent a warning to Malaysia for stepping up its campaign against the terror group.

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YouTube launches localised version in Pakistan

After a ban of several years, the people of Pakistan will be able to gain access to the world’s biggest video streaming site YouTube.

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Masked executioner in new IS video thought to be Briton

The masked executioner in the latest execution video by Islamic State (IS) is believed to be a Briton, BBC reported Tuesday.

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Islamic State execution video "desperate stuff": British PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday condemned a new execution video by Islamic State (IS) as "desperate stuff" from an organization that is "losing anybody's sympathy."

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Amazon releases video showcasing unmanned delivery drones

Amazon has unveiled what its unmanned drones for package delivery would look like with a video launched on Sunday on the prototype of technology it announced two years ago.

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Islamic State threatens to blow up White House

​Islamic State (IS) militants threatened to bomb the White House and launch more attacks in Paris, according to a new video released Thursday.

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Philippine gov't rejects demand for hostage ransom

​The Philippine government will not give in to the demand of four billion pesos (85.44 million U.S. dollars) ransom being demanded by Abu Sayyaf Group for the release of four hostages that they have abducted in a resort in southern part of the country in September, a senior government official said Wednesday.

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IS threatens to kill Croatian national kidnapped in Egypt: video

​A video circulated on social media website on Wednesday, purportedly released by Sinai State militant group in Egypt, threatened that the group will kill the kidnapped Croatian citizen if the Egyptian government does not release jailed Muslim women within 48 hours.

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21 Egyptian Christians beheaded by IS in Libya, Sisi warns of response to terrorism

The Islamic State (IS) group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, which enraged President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who warned of response to the deaths when appropriate.

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Japan's PM condemns IS's purported beheading of Goto

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on early Sunday morning harshly condemned the purported killing of Kenji Goto, following the latest video message uploaded by the militant group Islamic State shows the beheading of a man suspected to be the captured Japanese national.

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IS video shows second Japanese hostage killed, draws fresh condemnation

The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed in a video posted online late Saturday that it had killed a second Japanese hostage, Kenji Goto.