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Monday, June 1, 2015 - 09:39
Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group overran the northern city of Mosul, the prime minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:46
In contrast to the Iraqi army's failures, Kurdish fighters in Syria are on the march against the Islamic State group, capturing towns and villages in an oil-rich swath of the country's northeast under the cover of U.S.-led airstrikes.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:44
Several American citizens are being detained in Yemen by the Houthis, a Shiite rebel group that controls the capital and parts of the country, a United States official said Sunday.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:42
EUCAP Nestor and the Federal Government of Somalia hosted the second workshop on maritime cooperation for maritime security and law enforcement agencies deployed along the Somali coast.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:39
Nearly 75 percent of U.S. bombing runs targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria returned to base without firing any weapons in the first four months of 2015, holding their fire mainly because of a lack of ground intelligence and raising questions about President Obama's key tactic in pushing back an enemy that continues to expand its territory in the war zone.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:36
A month away from a nuclear deal deadline, U.S. and Iranian diplomats tried to narrow differences over how quickly to ease economic penalties against Tehran and how significantly the Iranians must open up military facilities to international inspections. American officials described the session as "at times intense."
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:36
U.S. officials may have at least indirectly helped to protect the president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, who has drawn international condemnation for his dismal human rights record.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:35
East African leaders have urged Burundi's president to postpone elections due in June.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:28
France and Morocco have vowed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation, four months after they resumed judicial cooperation following a year-long diplomatic rift.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 08:19
More than two years after the French-led Operation Serval routed jihadists advancing on the capital Bamako, armed groups in the area are no longer able to carry out coordinated attacks.