Islamic State fighters seized control of the government compound in the city of Ramadi and attacked hundreds of government forces nearby, threatening one of the last pockets of government control in Iraq’s largest province.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for China to “reconsider its approach” to issues that have long strained ties between the two.
This week’s coup attempt was apparently thwarted, but the threat of political violence has driven thousands into uncertain futures in refugee camps and neighboring countries.
Clashes between Islamic State and the Syrian regime are threatening the 2,000-year-old ruins of Palmyra, the latest of the region’s historic sites in danger of being destroyed in the country’s conflict.
Three weeks after a massive earthquake struck Nepal, the country’s hardest-hit citizens say they don’t have the food or shelter they need to last through the monsoon season.
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