Iran’s president: Ready to help Iraq if asked
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will…
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Activist group: Jihadists besiege Syrian city
This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa,…
80,000 party at Israel gay parade, area’s biggest
By IAN DEITCH A U.S. flag is raised alongside a pride flag on the U.S. Embassy a day before the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 12,…
Hillary Clinton: Iraq group’s success a surprise
By The Associated Press Hillary Clinton participates in a conversation about her career in government and her new book, “Hard Choices.,” at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York,…
Obama: Iraq will need additional US assistance
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott following the conclusion of their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 12,…
Blackwater guards face trial in Iraq shootings
By PETE YOST Former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten enters a taxi cab as he leaves federal court in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, after the start of his first-degree…
Al-Qaida breakaway pursuing an Islamic state
By RYAN LUCAS Militias of the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) deploy in an area in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad,…
FBI: Awaiting confirmation of terror suspect death
By DAVID N. GOODMAN This undated image provided by the FBI shows Fawzi Ayoub. His name appears on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list, but reports from Lebanon said he…