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US reporter says she tried to contact dead man 'for comment'; viral clip leaves Twitterati in splits

Despite the blooper, according KLTA's website, Welch is an esteemed US journalist who went on to receive an Emmy nomination for her work. During 9/11 terror attack, she reported from lower Manhattan in the aftermath of the incident, Indy 100 reported.

Video shows British hostage 'reporting' for Islamic State

In the video, made public on Monday, John Cantlie calmly stands before a camera in what he identifies as the embattled Syrian town of Kobani.

ISIS' beheading of Sotloff: US may be outraged but terror is good business

Despite the horror of hostage-taking and the beheading of American journo Steve Sotloff, by ISIS, the fact is all countries are doing deals with terrorists. Terror finds oxygen from all countries that claim to be victims of terrorism

Slain US journalist Steven Sotloff also held Israeli citizenship: Reports

Public radio reported that Sotloff's family, who live in Miami, Florida, is Jewish and that he had studied in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.

US says Steven Sotloff beheading video is authentic

The United States said Wednesday that a video showing the beheading of a second US journalist Steven Sotloff by Islamic State militants is authentic.

Comrade, smartass, friend: Colleagues remember Steven Sotloff

Before his kidnapping, Sotloff posted poignant images on social media sites of civilians in the grips of conflict beyond their control, including children in a Syrian refugee camp.

Sotloff beheading: Our knife will strike your people, Islamic State tells Obama

The footage — depicting what the US called a sickening act of brutality — was posted two weeks after the release of video showing the killing of James Foley and just days after Sotloff's mother pleaded for his life.

Twitteratti reacts to murder of US journalist Sotloff, Obama bears brunt

Just two weeks after beheading American photojournalist James Foley, the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation sent what it called "A second message to America", with a video showing the beheading of another kidnapped American journalist, Steven Sotloff, 31, a freelance journalist who was captured in northern Syria a year ago.

Australian PM Abbott doesn't rule out sending troops to Iraq

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday declined to rule out sending combat troops to support US air strikes in Iraq, amid a growing confrontation with radical Islamists who have seized large swaths of that country and neighbouring Syria.

Video of Sotloff's beheading likely authentic: US officials

A video released on Tuesday by the Islamic State militant group purporting to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff appears to be authentic.