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UN envoy calls for probe into massacre by armed groups at Iraqi military base

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Special Representative for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov.

Pentagon: Attack Targeted Al-Shabab Leader

U.S. defense officials have confirmed that the leader of the terrorist group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi al-Mohammad, also known as Ahmed Godane, was the target of a recent U.S. drone attack in Somalia.

NATO to Prepare for Russia’s Next Move

NATO is preparing for what many are calling one of the alliance’s most important summits in many years. When member leaders meet later this week in Wales, they are expected to take strong actions to form a new force that can act swiftly to handle...

EU must decide and deliver crisis aid faster, say foreign affairs MEPs

"We need to make our budgetary procedure simpler and faster: currently there is too much bureaucracy, and money given too late for humanitarian actions is wasted money", urged Foreign Affairs Committee chair Elmar Brok (EPP, DE) in Tuesday’s committee...