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Obama Faces Limited Options in Iraq

U.S. President Barack Obama is considering a range of military options to help the Iraqi government break the momentum of Islamic militants determined to crush the government in Baghdad. The Iraqi army has partially disintegrated in the face of these...

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At Geneva International Discussions, OSCE Chair’s Special Representative calls for maintaining substantive dialogue

Addressing participants at the 28th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions, Angelo Gnädinger, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, spoke of the need to maintain substantive dialogue. He encouraged...

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UN cites total breakdown of law and order as ‘climate of fear’ grips eastern Ukraine

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An internally displaced woman folds clothes at a sanatorium in Ukraine that has been welcoming people from Crimea...

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Militants Attack Iraq's Main Oil Refinery

Sunni Islamist militants have attacked Iraq's main oil refinery, causing damage to the site in the latest stage of a surge that has included seizing territory across northern Iraq.

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