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US-Backed Forces in Syria Are Fighting to Cut the Islamic State's Access to Turkey
"It's significant in that it's their last remaining funnel" to Europe, a US military official said, adding that the offensive will be supported by a small number of US special operations forces.
Report Says Huge Sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Are Dead
Mass coral bleaching has destroyed at least 35 percent of the northern and central Great Barrier Reef, a major blow to the World Heritage Site that attracts about $3.59 billion US dollars in tourism each year.
US-led Coalition Troops Seen Near Front Lines of Offensive Against Islamic State in Iraq
The sighting comes days after US special operations troops were photographed and videotaped in Syria on the front lines of a major Kurdish-led offensive against the Islamic State.
Mom of 'Affluenza Teen' Charged With Money Laundering for Helping Him Flee to Mexico
Tonya Couch was formally indicted for helping her son Ethan flee to Mexico last year in an attempt to avoid his punishment for a probation violation in a fatal drunken-driving crash.
Obama Calls For a World Without Nuclear Weapons During Historic Hiroshima Visit
The US President laid a wreath at a memorial, talked about nuclear disarmament, and spoke with survivors, marking the first visit of an incumbent president to the site of the world's first atomic bombing.
Benjamin Netanyahu Just Formed the Most Right-Wing Government in Israel's History
Netanyahu's new defense minister, ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman, is known for his criticism of Israel's Arab minority, US-sponsored peace talks with Palestinians, and regional powers Egypt and Turkey.
Ukrainian Pilot Captured by Russia Returns Home After Receiving Pardon From Putin
Nadiya Savchenko arrived home in Kiev on Wednesday after nearly two years in a Russian jail, part of a prisoner swap for two Russians held in Ukraine.
EgyptAir Remains May Suggest Blast Happened on Board, but No Explosive Traces Found so Far
One Egyptian expert says the size of human remains retrieved from the crashed flight suggest there was an explosion on board, but another said it was too early to say what brought the plane down.
Supreme Court Overturns Conviction of Black Death Row Inmate Because of All-White Jury
The court handed a victory to Georgia inmate Timothy Foster, who was sentenced to death in the 1986 murder of a 79-year-old retired schoolteacher.
Donald Trump Says He’d Meet With Kim Jong-un to Talk About North Korea’s Nukes
In a wide-ranging interview, Trump also said that he disapproved of Putin's actions in Ukraine, would dismantle the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, and wants to renegotiate the Paris climate deal.
An Openly Gay Man Will Lead the US Army for the First Time in History
The Senate unanimously approved Eric Fanning to be the next secretary of the Army, making him the first openly gay leader of a US military service branch.
Australia Charged Five Guys for Planning to Take a Motor Boat to Join the Islamic State
The five men planned to travel to Syria to join the violent Islamist extremist group using a small motor boat that would initially take them to Indonesia and the Philippines.