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As Taliban take key city, ISIS attacks Afghan troops too
Afghan president urges nation to trust Afghan troops and not give in to "fear and terror"
ISIS says it guns down Italian aid worker in Bangladesh
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Turkey cracks down on foreign fighters crossing border to join ISIS
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American fugitive arrested in Mexico after 24 years on the run
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Deadly typhoon hits mainland China after slamming Taiwan
Taiwan's Central News Agency says storm left 2 dead, hundreds injured, 6 mountain climbers missing and more than a million households without water or power
U.S. military launches strike on Afghan city taken by Taliban
Airstrike on Kunduz conducted "in order to eliminate a threat to the force," spokesman for U.S. and NATO missions in Afghanistan says
Deadly typhoon lashes Taiwan, leaves hundreds injured
Taiwan's Central News Agency says the storm has left two dead, 324 injured and six mountain climbers missing
About 500 prisoners escape Central African Republic jail
The death toll from several days of clashes in the violence stricken country reached 42 -- including a teenage boy who was decapitated
Obama, Putin clash over differences on Syria's future
While Obama urges a political transition to replace the Syrian president, Putin warns it would be a mistake to abandon the current goverment
U.S. gives up effort to train Syrian opposition forces
The $500-million program had once been a linchpin of the strategy to defeat ISIS but has proved a fiasco
"The Most Important Thing" refugees carry
Photographer's project includes refugees from Syria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali, and Angola
Hajj stampede deadlier than Saudis previously reported
Saudi Arabia gives foreign diplomats some 1,100 photographs of the dead from last week's hajj crush and stampede
Putin: "We can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world"
At U.N., Russian president takes a defiant tone ahead of a planned meeting with President Obama
Taliban seize first city since U.S.-led 2001 invasion
Coordinated attacks have given the militants the city of Kunduz, and freed hundreds of prisoners; Taliban call victory "a bitter reality" for Kabul
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