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Iraq asks for US air strikes, as extremists take control of largest oil refinery
Iraq has asked the US to stage air attacks on Sunni insurgents as the Islamist fighters edged closer to full control of ...28 bodies exhumed in Mexico mass grave
Officials said Wednesday that they have recovered at least 28 bodies from a grave in the eastern state of Veracruz, the scene ...World Cup 2014: Chile eliminates defending champion Spain
Defending champion Spain, the dominant global football power for the past six years, was eliminated from World Cup contention Wednesday with a ...Liberia reports seven new deaths linked to Ebola
A health official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in ...US captures suspected Benghazi attack mastermind in secret raid
A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and is in American custody, the Pentagon ...15 Militants killed in Pakistani offensive
Pakistani officials say at least 15 suspected militants were killed on Tuesday as military jets pounded targets in a northwestern tribal region ...Obama sends troops to protect US missions in Iraq
The United States is deploying up to 275 military troops to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other American interests and ...U.S. considers air strikes, action with Iran to halt Iraq rebels
The United States said it could launch air strikes and act jointly with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government, after ...Syrian regime barrel bombs kill 25
At least 25 people were killed in barrel bomb attacks in Syria\'s northern city of Aleppo on Monday, a monitoring group said.China executes 13 for terror, violent crimes in Xinjiang
China executed 13 people on Monday for "terrorist attacks" in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media said, while another three ...