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The Pentagon has downplayed speculation about U.S. and Iranian military cooperation in Iraq, hours after Secretary of State John Kerry made the suggestion in an interview. Iran, which is controlled by Shi'ite Muslims, has been alarmed by the Sunni advance not too far from its border with Iraq. Some fear that the involvement of Iran would lead to even more violence in Iraq.

Istanbul city authorities have announced the destruction of an area containing thousands of people's homes because they say they are unsafe.

The latest Conference of Presidents was held in the EP on the 27 of May 2014, two days after the elections of the new parliament.

Young girls attend a maths class at a school in Niger's Diffa region, where more than half of the students are Nigerians who have been displaced by fighting.

Vehicles of Iraqis fleeing fighting in Mosul at the Khazair checkpoint between Ninewa governorate and the Kurdistan region.

Afghans across the country's 34 provinces are taking part in historic elections.

Russian energy giant Gazprom says it is cutting gas supplies to Ukraine following Kyiv's failure to meet a Monday deadline to pay nearly $2 billion of its outstanding debt.

Residents and local Iraqi officials say Sunni militants have seized the northern city of Tal Afar, the latest capture in a surge of fighting that has international condemnation and calls for unity in Iraq.

Afghans across the country's 34 provinces are taking part in historic elections.