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Iraq
Militants Take Tikrit, Aim at Baghdad - WP
Militants Sweeping Toward Baghdad - NYT
Iraqi Security Officials: Militants Seize Tikrit - VOA
Iraqi Insurgents 'Seize New City' - BBC
Iraqi Officials: Militants Take City of Tikrit - AP
Militant Group Seizes Cities in Iraq - CNN
Iraq Government Loss of Mosul Poses Wider Implications - VOA
Jihadi Group Behind Offensive Has Big Ambitions - NYT
Al-Qaida Breakaway Pursuing an Islamic State - AP
Iraq Foreign Minister: Iraq Faces 'Mortal Threat' - AP
Turkey Calls for Emergency NATO Meeting on Iraq - Reuters
Exhausted and Bereft, Iraqi Soldiers Quit Fight - NYT
Iraq Asked US for Airstrikes on Militants, Officials Say - NYT
US Can Only Encourage Iraq’s Leader as ISIS Seizes Mosul - McClatchy
Turkey Warns of Retaliation if Militants Harm 80 Hostages in Iraq - Reuters
Attacks Show Emboldened Militants - AP Analysis
Iraq's Terrorists Are Becoming a Full-Blown Army - DB Opinion
Five Reasons Why Iraq May Get Worse - WP Opinion
This is Not What My Friends Fought and Died For - WP Opinion
Afghanistan
Onetime US Academic Now in Afghan Presidential Runoff - WP
Trainers Scramble to Ready Fledgling Afghan Air Force - S&S
The President's Untimely Timeline for Afghanistan - FP Opinion
On Afghanistan, All of America Is AWOL - DB Opinion
Bergdahl Release
Hagel Provides Details on Controversial Taliban Prisoner Swap - VOA
Hagel Defends Bergdahl Trade as Part of ‘Dirty Business’ of War - NYT
Hagel Defends Prisoner Exchange as Lawful - WP
Hagel: Bergdahl Swap Was Imperfect But Legal - S&S
Hagel: Bergdahl Recovery Consistent With US Laws, Values - AFPS
Hagel Defends Bergdahl Prisoner Swap - BBC
‘Black Hawk Down” Prisoner Release Different than Bergdahl’s - WP
Bergdahl’s Writings Reveal a Fragile Young Man - WP
Bergdahl Discharged From Coast Guard Before Joining Army - NYT
Bergdahl Previously Washed Out of Coast Guard - WP
Americans Divided Over Bergdahl-Taliban Release - VOA
Ukraine / Russia / Related Issues
Russia Acknowledges Sending Aid to Eastern Ukraine - WP
East Ukraine Death Toll 'at Least 270' - BBC
Putin: Ukraine Gas Price Demands a ‘Dead End’ - VOA
Ukraine and Russia Still Far Apart on Gas Deal - NYT
Ukraine Rejects Russian Gas 'Trap' - BBC
Reassuring Eastern Europe - NYT Opinion
US Department of Defense
3rd Cowpens Commander Fired Since 2010; CMC Relieved - S&S
White Supremacist Fliers Found on Fort Carson - S&S
United States
FBI Investigating Whether VA Officials Lied to Get bonuses - WP
FBI Begins Criminal Inquiry in VA Scandal - NYT
FBI Asked to Investigate VA Health Care - AP
We Are Losing the War on Terror - FP Opinion
United Kingdom
War Rape Testimony at London Summit - BBC
J.K. Rowling Donates £1 Million to Oppose Scottish Breakaway - NYT
United Nations
Controversial Ugandan to Be Next UN Assembly Head - AP
US Protests Over Ugandan UN Pick - BBC
Africa
Report: Decriminalize Drugs in W. Africa to Avoid Failures of Past - Reuters
Call to Decriminalize West Africa Drugs - BBC
US Lawmakers Discuss Boko Haram Insurgency - VOA
Nigerian Officials Challenge Latest Kidnapping Reports - VOA
DRC, Rwanda Forces Exchange Gunfire - VOA
Congo and Rwanda 'in Border Clashes' - BBC
Rwanda, Congo Trade Accusations Over Border Fighting - Reuters
UN: Car Bomb in N. Mali Kills Peacekeepers - AP
Car Bomb Kills Up to Four UN Soldiers in Northern Mali - Reuters
Central African Republic President Seeks ICC Probe - Reuters
Drivers in Cameroon Halt Supply Runs to Central African Republic - VOA
Sierra Leone Shuts Borders, Closes Schools to Fight Ebola - Reuters
All Justice Is Local - NYT Opinion
Americas / Caribbean
Aid, Recovery Workers Targeted in Southern Mexico - AP
Mexico Protesters Attack Journalists, Smash Glass - AP
Venezuela Seeks Arrests After Charges of Assassination Plot - Reuters
Venezuela Orders 3 Arrested for Alleged Plot - AP
Colombian President: ELN Rebel Talks Underway - VOA
Brazilian President Defends Country's World Cup Readiness - VOA
UN Reports Big Drop in Peru Coca Crop - AP
Four Cubans Found Slain in Apparent Bid to Flee Country - Reuters
Haiti Polls Announced Amid Protests - BBC
Asia / Pacific
Japan Protests Chinese Flybys Over East China Sea - NYT
Japan Slams China Over Close Encounter of Jets - AP
Vietnam Faces Limited Options in China Sea Dispute - VOA
Hong Kong Democracy Activists Rebuke China's White Paper - VOA
Alarm in Hong Kong at White Paper Affirming Beijing Control - CNN
Crackdown on Fringe Sects in China Has Mainstream Churches Worried - NYT
China Announces Round Up of Alleged Cult Members - AP
Top Filipino Terror Suspect Captured Near Airport - AP
Thai Junta Asks Diplomats to Soften Coup’s Image Abroad - VOA
US Agency Urges Burma to Scrap Proposed Religion Laws - Reuters
Cambodia's Strongman Affirms Pre-eminence as Opposition Falters - Reuters
South Korea’s Voters Speak - NYT Editorial
Europe
European Cities Hit by Strikes - BBC
Reassuring Eastern Europe - NYT Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Jihadi Group Behind Offensive Has Big Ambitions - NYT
Al-Qaida Breakaway Pursuing an Islamic State - AP
Attacks Show Emboldened Militants - AP Analysis
Iranian, US Negotiators Digging in Heels on Nuclear Limits - WP
Israeli Airstrike Kills 1 in Northern Gaza - AP
Egypt Wants Greater Monitoring of Bloggers, Social Media - VOA
Egyptian Activist, Barred from Court, Gets 15-Year Sentence - VOA
Egypt Activist Jailed for 15 Years - BBC
Egyptian Leader Apologizes to Victim of Sex Assault in Tahrir Square - NYT
Morocco’s King Slow to Deliver on Pro-Democracy Vows - NYT
The Middle East’s Mounting Danger - WP Editorial
South Asia
Pakistani Officials Report First US Drone Strike in 6 Months - WP
Uzbek Gunmen 'Hit Karachi Airport' - BBC
Indian PM: Rape Should Not be Politicized - VOA
Hanged Indian Woman 'Was Raped' - BBC