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Pentagon on high alert: Dempsey
The Pentagon is maintaining a "higher alert status" for the Fourth of July holiday, says America’s top military officer.

The Pentagon is maintaining a "higher alert status" for the Fourth of July holiday, says America’s top military officer.

The Greek finance minister says the government may resign if people vote Yes in this weekend’s referendum on bailout conditions.

Turkey is discussing imports of fuel oil from Iran which is running a surplus of the product amid a decline in domestic consumption, local media said on Thursday.

The BBC keeps insisting on using the term 'Islamic State' for ISIL terrorist group.

At least 38 people are killed in a ferry accident in rough waters of the Philippines.

A senior Iranian official says a final deal on Tehran's nuclear program should be fair and balanced.

A British family of Bangladeshi dissent is feared to have traveled to Syria.

A train carrying "highly flammable and toxic gas" derailed and caught fire near Knoxville, Tennessee.

Israel has directed the influential Zionist lobby in the United States to thwart the Iran nuclear talks.

A new report says British police have mismanaged one third of all child abuse cases over the past two years.

Liberian aid workers stage a protest rally to demand hazard benefits over the deadly Ebola epidemic.

Ukraine and its creditors agree to continue negotiations on restructuring the country’s debt in a confidential manner.

Iran has secured the release of 13 metric tons of its gold assets blocked in South Africa under US-led sanctions, central bank Governor Valiollah Seif has said.

The US military is making “provocative moves” around the world to threaten Russia and China.

Libyan peace talks stall despite warnings by the United Nations (UN).

The UN blacklists six commanders from South Sudan for fueling the conflict in the African country.

The United States says efforts to recruit and train the so-called “moderate” rebels in Syria face challenges.

Bahrain has arrested another senior official from the al-Wefaq party, the country’s main opposition bloc.