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Updated September 20, 2015 - 11:21 PM EDT

Centcom: Bad News on ISIS 'Wasn't Welcome'

Threat of ISIS 'Infiltration' of US as Refugees Overblown

Al-Qaeda Executes 56 Captured Syrian Soldiers

		US, Russia Discuss Coordination as Russian Jets Arrive in Syria
		*Russia Would 'Consider' Syria Request for Troops*
		Insurgents Kill 56 Government Troops at Captured Air Base
		*Abandoning Syria: Few Options Left for Stopping the War*

Turkish Jets Hit Kurdish Camps in Iraq, 55 Killed

42 Killed as Taliban Attacks Pakistan Air Base

Obama Takes 'Sledgehammer' to Cuba Embargo

General Recommends No Prison for Bergdahl

Japan Ignores Protesters, Authorizes Overseas Military Ops

Viewpoints

	ISIS Leader Fought Under US Umbrella as Late as 2013 by Brad Hoff
	How Iran Hawks Became Their Own Worst Enemies by Eli Clifton
	When Is Assassination Not Assassination? When the Government Says So by Nick Turse

	Are Neocons an Existential Threat? by Robert Parry
	The War in Yemen as a Rite of Passage by Rami G. Khouri
	Hostile Interview Shows Prime Journalistic Duty by Glenn Greenwald
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Russia Is Not the Enemy
by Stephen Kinzer

Frontline

	US Report Proves Lithuania Hosted CIA 'Black Site': Lawyer
	China to Respond Firmly to Any North Korea Nuke Test
	Bowe Bergdahl Quit Afghan Post to 'Expose Problems'
	US Govt Says It Will Now Use the Term 'Sexual Rights'
	Former Nobel Chief: Obama Peace Prize a Failure
	Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity: US Regulator

Greek Island of Lesbos Inundated as Refugees Battle to Reach Athens

The War at Home

	Ahmed Mohamed's Clock Was 'Half a Bomb,' Says Anti-Muslim Group With Ties to Trump, Cruz
	Govt Argues: If Your Mobile Phone Provider Knows Where You Are, Why Shouldn't We?
	Marines' Gender Integration Brings Out Unusually Public Discord
	The Facebook of the Future Has Privacy Implications Today
	TSA Doesn't Care That Its Luggage Locks Have Been Hacked
	Former Navy Chief Accepted Bribes in Afghanistan
	Congressman: Air Marshals Posed as Pornographers to Arrange Sex Romp

Pakistan/Afghanistan

	Pakistan Blames Afghanistan for the Attack on Peshawar AF Base
	Pakistan-Russia SU-35 Fighter Jet Deal Potentially the Largest

China

	China 'Extremely Concerned' by Proposed US Challenge to Claims
	China Hails US Repatriation of Corruption Fugitive

Malaysia

	Malaysia Blocks Critic of Prime Minister From Taking Case to US
	Anwar's Daughter Urges Obama to Pressure Malaysian Leader

Asia

	Why Is Nepal's New Constitution Controversial?
	Q&A: A Look at Japan's Contentious Security Legislation
	Australian Leader Swap Further Dents Japanese Submarine Bid

Burkina Faso

	Doctor: Three Dead, 13 Wounded in Burkina Faso Coup Violence
	AU Suspends Burkina Over Coup
	Burkina Faso Coup Leaders Offer Olive Branch as Protests Mount

South Sudan

	At Least 186 Killed in South Sudan Tanker Blast
	South Sudan President Complains of Being Treated Like 'Schoolboy'

Africa

	Libyan Official Says Suspected ISIS Militants Attack Prison
	In Niger, US Soldiers Quietly Help Build Wall Against Boko Haram
	Islamist Rebels Attack Somali Army Bases, Retake Town

Ukraine

	Ex-Ukraine PM Tymoshenko's US Racketeering Lawsuit Dismissed
	East Ukraine Faces Winter Water Shortage Threat
	NATO Chief to Make First Visit to Ukraine Next Week

Weekend Reviews

	Empire, Security, and the War State
	Ron Paul and Lost Lessons of War
	Militarism: Our Civic Religion
	Remi Kanazi's Before the Next Bomb Drops
	This Must Be the Place: How US Waged Germ Warfare in Korean War and Denied It Ever Since

Syrian Refugee Crisis

	After Vowing to Keep Migrants Out, Hungary Takes Some In
	In EU, Asylum Applicants Jump to 213,000 in Three Months
	Slovenia Says Migrant 'Corridor' Possible if Pressure Too Great
	Slovenian Police Pepper Spray Migrants at Border
	Syrian Refugee Soccer Coach Tripped in Hungary Given Job in Spain
	'Heads as Well as Hearts': Croatia Says It Can Take No More Migrants
	Refugees Find Shelter in a German Ghost Town
	Norway Says May Impose Border Controls if Asylum Inflows Surge

Iraq/Syria

	Cholera Outbreak Worsens; 122 Killed in Iraq Bloodshed
	All 39 Indians Held Hostage in Iraq by ISIS Alive
	Russia Tells US: Syria Activity 'Defensive in Nature'
	US Sees Military Talks With Russia on Syria as Important Next Step: Kerry

Iran

	Rouhani: Death to America Not Meant Literally
	Ayatollah Khomeini's Grandson Enters an Election in Iran

Israel/Palestine

	Israeli Jets Bomb Gaza Strip After Rockets Fired at South
	8 Ways 'Terror' as Israel Knows It May Be About to Change
	Dozens Wounded in Clashes Over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Entry Restrictions
	Israel Boosts Security in Jerusalem's Old City
	Abbas to Meet Putin in Moscow Next Week
	Egypt 'Starts Flooding Gaza Tunnels'
	Israel Tightening Security Ties With Myanmar, Despite Western Sanctions

Middle East

	Yemeni Tribesmen's Loyalty Crucial as Saudi-Led Forces Push for Sanaa
	Lebanese Journalist Could Face Jail for Contempt of Hague Court

Cuba

	Administration Takes Move to Further Liberalize Rules on Trade With Cuba
	Cuba Appoints Cabanas New Ambassador to US
	Pope's Visit to Cuba Raises Prospect of Human Rights Friction