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IS may be failing, but its strategic communications legacy is to saty

NoinsurgencyinrecentmemoryhasenjoyedasmuchsensationalistnewscoverageastheIslamicState,whichhasconsistentlybeenreferredtoasthe“mostpowerful,”“mostdangerous,”and“

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Iraq starts bombing IS-held Tal Afar, west of Mosul: Sumariya

IraqhasbegunanaerialbombardmentofTalAfar,atownunderIslamicStatecontrolwestofMosul,Baghdad-basedal-SumariyaTVsaidonTuesday,citinganIraqiDefenceMinistryspokesman.

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Iraq's Kurds stick to independence vote despite U.S. request to postpone

Iraq's Kurds are sticking to a plan to hold an independence referendum on Sept. 25, despite a U.S. request to postpone it, a high-ranking Kurdish official told Reuters on Saturday.

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U.S. to restrict Americans from traveling to DPRK

The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday a new travel restriction to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) due to "serious and mounting risk of arrest and long-term detention of U.S. citizens."

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US to ban DPRK travel from September 1

The US on Wednesday issued a ban prohibiting its citizens from travelling to the DPRK from September 1, the State Department said.

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US Secretary of State: US is not looking for 'regime change' of DPRK

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that the US is not seeking to topple the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and is willing to sit down for talks with Pyongyang on the condition that it stops the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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US orders embassy staff families to leave Venezuela

TheUSStateDepartmentonThursdayorderedfamiliesofemployeesattheUSembassyinVenezuelatoleavethecountry.Italsoauthorizedvoluntarydepartureoftheemployeesattheembassyi

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U.S. pledges $140 million to Lebanon in Syrian refugee aid

TheUnitedStateswillgiveLebanonanadditional$140milliontoassistSyrianrefugeesandthecommunitieshostingthem,theStateDepartmentsaidonWednesday,duringastatevisitbythe

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Derrick Rose reportedly agrees one-year deal with Cavaliers

FreeagentpointguardDerrickRoseissettosignaone-year,$2.1milliondealwiththeClevelandCavaliers,USmediareportedonMonday.Rose,theyoungestplayertowintheNBAMostValuabl

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Apple sued by State Farm over alleged iPhone fire

ExplodingphoneswerealltherageafterSamsung'sNote7debaclelastyear.ButSamsungishardlyaloneamongphonemakersthathaveseen,atonetimeoranother,devicesoftheirmakingexper

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As Islamic State militants routed in Iraq, their families fear reprisals

Theirhusbands,sonsandbrothersaredead,butthewomenandchildrenIslamicStatemilitantsleftbehindwilllivetopaythepricefortheiractions.AsIslamicState'sdaysofrulingoverv

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Afghan girls will be allowed into US for robotics contest

U.S.officialswillallowagroupofAfghangirlsintothecountrytoparticipateinaninternationalroboticscompetitionafterPresidentDonaldTrumpintervened,WhiteHousespokeswoma

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Turkish police kill five in raid on Islamic State cell

TurkishpolicekilledfiveIslamicStatemilitantsinaraidonahouseinthecityofKonyaonWednesdayandfourpolicewereslightlywounded,theDogannewsagencysaid.Specialforcespolic

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9 IS fighters killed in E. Afghan airstrike

NinemilitantsoftheIslamicState(IS)werekilledafterAfghanairforcestruckanIShideoutineasternKunarprovincelateTuesday,provincialpolicechiefsaidonWednesday.(ASIAPACI

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Islamic State tightens grip on village near Mosul after defeat

IslamicStatehascapturedmostofavillagesouthofMosuldespitelosingcontrolofitsstrongholdinthecity,anIraqiarmyofficerandresidentssaid,deployingguerrilla-styletactics

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Islamic State built in staying power with global jihadis

TheIslamicStategroup’smixofalocalinsurgencyanddigitally-connectedglobaljihadisgivesthegroupstayingpowerandthemeanstorelaunchitsfuture,fromsmallcellsofextremists

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FBI: US soldier pledged allegiance to Islamic State group

AnactivedutysoldierbasedinHawaiipledgedhisallegiancetotheIslamicStategroup,helpedpurchaseadroneforittouseagainstAmericanforcesandsaidhewantedtousehisrifleto“kil