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“The Obama administration’s new proposal would open the way for deep cooperation between U.S. and Russian military and intelligence agencies and coordinated air attacks by American and Russian planes.”

A White House spokesman said with May as Britain’s new leader, there was confidence that the ‘special relationship’ would not only be protected but advanced.

"The idea of the United States saving the Middle East from itself appeals to liberal hawks and neoconservatives alike."

U.S. forces are using new authorities - which include airstrikes against the Taliban - "almost daily” in support of the Afghan government.

Early government efforts to counter extremist narratives have proven to be uninspired and unsuccessful.

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"It is too easy to dismiss the upsurge in violence in Kashmir as just another cycle in a conflict that has ebbed and flowed ever since the India's independence in 1947."

In a landmark ruling, the U.N. arbitration court is dismissing China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, saying it has "no historic title" to the vast maritime region.

"The Islamic State’s attacks prove that, despite its recent losses, it remains strong and capable of executing its global strategy to undermine modern states."

"Even after two months in the role, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada remains something of a mystery to the Taliban rank and file, according to analysts and insurgent commanders."

The United States will deploy 560 more troops to Iraq to help shape the fight to retake Mosul from IS, following the recent seizure of a key airbase near the city by Iraqi forces.

“Obama’s 2013 directive on security assistance seeks to ensure that the billions of aid dollars the United States provides to allied nations each year are used more effectively.”

Continue on for a link to the communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Warsaw 8-9 July 2016.

"President Obama, who had pledged to end America’s wars, described the landscape he was leaving to his successor as a state of quasi-war that could extend for years to come."

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"We propose a strategy that applies a consistent, long-term approach to Iraq and Syria, based on four interlocking effort."

"The US needs a far more serious review of its strategy in Afghanistan. It needs one that stops focusing on deadlines and total troop levels."

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It is being called the most critical NATO summit since the end of the Cold War.

Sean Lavelle, a U.S. Navy Officer, says “The U.S.-European alliance would benefit from specialization”.

Military setbacks in Iraq and Syria are having little impact on the Islamic State terror group’s ability to gain ground in cyberspace.

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction review of location data and operating conditions of USAID-funded health facilities.

“There is no desire to end the war in Afghanistan. There is a desire to… make it a problem for the next administration,” one defense official tells The Daily Beast.

Read President Obama's statement of the US troop level in Afghanistan through 2016.

Continue on for a Voice of America summary and additional news links.