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Iraq
Hagel: US to Secure Embassy, Assess Situation in Iraq - AFPS
Dempsey Describes US Interests in Iraq - AFPS
Pentagon Leaders: Iraq Needs Outside Help to Retake Seized Territory - WP
Dempsey Suggests Stalemate in Iraq, Door Open to Greater US Involvement - S&S
Pentagon: ISIL ‘Stretched’ in Iraq - VOA
Pentagon: No Iraq Invasion Unless US Homeland is Threatened - WT
Expanded Iraq Role for US Military Left Open by Dempsey - Bloomberg
Dempsey Plays Down Prospects for Major US Action in Iraq - PBS
Challenges Beset US Efforts to Arm Iraq’s Air Force - WP
Iraqi Airstrikes Target Sunni Militants - AP
Scores of Militants Reported Killed by Iraqi Army - NYT
Iraq Chases Baghdad Sleeper Cells as 'Zero Hour' Looms Over Capital - Reuters
Iraq Army Retakes Saddam Hussein's Home Village from Islamist Rebels - Reuters
More Signs of Iraq Disintegration as Kurds Call for Independence Vote - McClatchy
Kurds are Pursuing Two Avenues to the Future - WP
Kurdish Officials Seek More Autonomy in Any Deal With a New Government - NYT
Iraq's Kurds Push for Independence Vote; US Objects - VOA
Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq - NYT Opinion
Why We Stood by Maliki, and Lost Iraq - WP Opinion
If Iraq Must be Divided, Here’s the Right Way to Do It - Reuters Opinion
US Department of Defense
Think Tank: Defense Funds Should Go to Countering Russia, China - S&S
US Grounds Entire F-35 Fleet During Probe - VOA
Navy's 'Pandarra Fog' Defense is Part Future Tech, Part Throwback - S&S
Volunteering for the All-American Military - WSJ
Retired Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal - S&S
United States
US Political Forecast: More Gridlock - VOA
New Bomb Fear Prompts 'Enhanced Security Measures' for US-bound Flights - TWB
Former Blackwater Guard Testifies Against Friends - AP
Amid Influx of Migrants, Obama to Skip Border Visit on Texas Trip - NYT
Rights Activists Worried about Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants - VOA
United Kingdom
Deputy Defense Secretary Work in UK for Talks with British Counterparts - AFPS
100 UK Imams Urge Britons to Stay Away From Syria - AP
Africa
Officials: Up to 120 US Troops Training Somali Forces - S&S
US Military Admits Secret Presence in Somalia - Reuters
CAR: Rebel Leader Kony "Hibernates," Evades Jungle Hunt - AP
UN States Overcome Impasse to Pass Peacekeeping Budget - VOA
UN: W. African Ebola Outbreak May Last Several Months - VOA
Nigeria Girls Missing, 11 Weeks After Abduction - VOA
Americas / Caribbean
Attention Elsewhere, US Outgunned in the Americas - MCT
Thieves in Mexico Steal Truck With Dangerous Radioactive Load - Reuters
Peru's Humala Backs Minister Despite Murder Probe - AP
Haitians Thwarted as They Seek Dominican Status - AP
Asia / Pacific
Japan to Lift Some Sanctions on North Korea - AP
Xi Slams Japan's 'Barbaric' Colonial Aggression Against China, Korea - VOA
Japan’s PM Heads to Australia After Step Back From Post-War Pacifism - Reuters
Amid China Spat, Vietnam to Build 32 Patrol Ships - AP
US Officials Barred From American's Trial in China - AP
China and South Korea Affirm Antinuclear Goals - NYT
Sanctions: How Japan Is Easing Up on North Korea - AP
Police Say Expired MREs Being Sold on Korean Black Market - S&S
Thai Junta Compares Its Intervention to Burma's 1988 Crackdown - Reuters
Filipino Activists Call for End to US Defense Pact - AP
Malaysian Police Make Arrests of Suspected Sri Lankan Tamil Activists - Reuters
Buddhist-Muslim Mayhem Hits Burma’s No. 2 City - NYT
Countering Corruption in Indonesia - NYT Editorial
Europe
Obama, Germany's Merkel Consult on Ukraine - Reuters
Ukrainian President Shakes Up Military Leadership - AP
Kyiv, Separatists Fret at Gun Law in Ukraine's Rebel Regions - VOA
Putin Calls for Better US-Russia Relations - VOA
France Tightens Airport Security on US-Bound Flights - Reuters
Report: German Intel Worker Suspected of US Spying - AP
Turkey Turns Inwards as War Spreads From Syria to Iraq - Reuters
Hagel Praises Latvia’s Efforts to Boost Defense Spending - AFPS
Middle East / North Africa
Final Round of Nuclear Talks Opens Between Iran, West - WP
Moderate Syrian Rebels Threaten to Quit - VOA
Police: Syria Airstrikes Target Lebanon - AP
Transfer of Syrian Chemicals to Cape Ray Complete - AFPS
Teenagers’ Deaths Raise Fears of Shift From Political Struggle to Blood Feud - NYT
Israel Braces for Funeral of Palestinian Teenager - NYT
Palestinians to Bury Body of Slain Teenager - VOA
Israel Bolsters Forces Along Volatile Gaza Border - AP
Iran Overplays it Hand - WP Opinion
Lawless Holy Land - NYT Opinion
South Asia
DLA Sells Non-Military Property to Afghan Buyers - AFPS
UN States Overcome Impasse to Pass Peacekeeping Budget - VOA
HRW Urges Pakistan to Withdraw Repressive Law - VOA
Strike, Curfew Shut Kashmir as India Leader Visits - AP