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In a photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura, (L), speaks with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem in Damascus, Syria, on November 11, 2014. (AP Photo/SANA)
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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces flash victory signs as they drive near the front lines in Zumar, Iraq, on December 19, 2014.
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Iraq clashes with ISIS delay evacuation of Yazidis
Baghdad, AP—Sporadic clashes between Iraqi Kurdish fighters and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists, as well as other logistics problems, are delaying the evacuation of the last Yazidis still trapped on Mount Sinjar, an Iraqi lawmaker said Friday....Caption:
A visitor looks at a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at an exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, United States, on December 18, 2014. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
No word yet from Fidel amid historic US-Cuba shift
Havana, AP—Everyone in Cuba is talking about the startling turn in relations with the United States, with one notable exception: Fidel Castro. So far, the larger-than-life retired Cuban leader has made no public comment on the biggest news in years—that the US and his...Caption:
In this photo taken on Dec. 13, 2012, a National Intelligence Service agent covered her face with a mask sits in front of her computers as officers from police and national election commission visit her to collect evidence from her computers at her home in Seoul, South Korea. Source: AP Photo/Im Hun-Jung
Opinion: The Dangerous Wars of the Future
The Internet has affected almost all aspects of our lives. Our online dependence has increased to a point where it has become difficult to imagine what our lives would be like without this technology. According to a recent International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...Caption:
A worker walks on an oil pipeline at Khurmala oilfield on the outskirts of the city of Arbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: POLITICS ENERGY)