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The Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (ASB(I) 15) conducts an operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Laser Weapon System (LaWS) while deployed to the Arabian Gulf.

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation passed by the U.S. Congress authorizing more sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis.

Pakistani officials say jets and ground forces have killed 40 militants days after Taliban fighters attacked a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 149 people, mostly children.

U.S. officials say airstrikes in Iraq have killed three top leaders of the Islamic State group, while Kurdish fighters also reported major gains against the Sunni extremists.

As the humanitarian needs in Iraq increased, funding for life-saving response has been critical to assist the vulnerable population. Since January 2014, CERF has allocated some US$11 million rapid response fund in support of emergency relief work in Iraq.

President Barack Obama has signed a $1.1 trillion bill that will fund nearly every federal government agency through 2015.

The Palestinians say they will introduce a draft U.N. Security Council resolution setting a deadline for Israel's withdrawal from the Palestinian territories, despite the U.S. warning it will block the move.

Pupil of a primary school class in Pakistan.

A destroyed house in Ahy Badr in the town of Mizdah in the Nafusa mountains in Libya after tribal conflict in March 2013.