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Ramadi: Calm before the storm as Islamic State prepares to defend against government assault
Government forces are gathering to take back the city in what will be a bloody conflict.
Myanmar refugee crisis: US warns that thousands could die at sea
About 2,600 are believed to be still adrift in boats, relief agencies have said
FIFA: Blatter defies calls to step down as corruption scandal widens
Sep Blatter will contest today's election with FIFA facing the worst crisis in its 111-year history.
ISIS supporters blamed for chemical weapons threats on jetliners flying over US airspace
Sympathizers of the Islamic State have been blamed as possible culprits behind the over a dozen threats to international flights using U.S. airports or flying over American airspace in the last couple of days.
Analysis: Why didn't Tony Blair achieve more in Israel-Palestine, and whose fault was it?
The former British prime minister is stepping down from his role as representative of the Quartet.
Fresh Obama legal setback: White House won't seek Supreme Court intervention on immigration block
The Obama administration decided not to contest an appellate court ruling against the President's effort to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, with the Justice Department issuing a statement on Wednesday saying it will not seek a Supreme Court intervention.
US military mistake: Deadly live anthrax samples shipped to labs in 9 states, South Korea base
The United States military has mistakenly shipped live anthrax samples to laboratories in nine states across the country, and even to a US military base in South Korea, the defense department has confirmed.
Nebraska legislature overrides governor's veto, repeals death penalty
Nebraska's legislature repealed the state's death penalty law and abolished capital punishment.
Gospel for Asia faces fresh questions about financial affairs
Blogger Warren Throckmorton claims to have found discrepancies between how Gospel for Asia raises funds for its work in India and its spending there.
Immigration reform news 2015: Appeals court sides with 26 states vs Obama on immigration
US President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions suffered another setback when an appeals court denied on Tuesday the US government's motion to lift an injunction imposed by a Texas judge.
Texas, Oklahoma floods latest news: 19 people killed in extreme storms
At least 19 people were killed in Texas and Oklahoma as rains continued to flood streets especially in Houston were four people perished.
Thousands of migrants are still stranded at sea - UN estimates
More than 2,500 migrants could still be stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, according to estimates by the United Nations.
African-American family receives racist letter ordering them to leave Long Island, N.Y.
An African-American family was told the leave the Lindenhurst community in Long Island, New York, because it's "84 percent white population."
Boy's circumcision finally permitted by Florida mom after arrest and court-ordered detention
A 31-year-old mother from South Florida spent nine days in jail and was only released on Saturday after she posted bail and finally agreed to have her son circumcised.
Ben Carson wins Southern Republican straw poll ahead of 2016 presidential election
Doctor-turned-politician Ben Carson easily won the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll held in Oklahoma on Saturday in the first major survey on the popularity of at least 17 declared or prospective candidates for the Republican Party's nomination for the November 2016 election.
Transgender California inmate hoping for sex reassignment surgery recommended for parole
A transgender inmate, who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1986, has been recommended for parole by a California board on Thursday, the same day an appeals court put on hold a decision that ordered the state to provide sex reassignment surgery to her.