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Roughly 60,000 American trained Iraqi troops threw down their “arms, and in some cases” colluded with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate committee.

The White House is convinced that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, is unable to reconcile the Islamic factions in the country and wants to see a new government installed without Maliki, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Did you see that? A brief scene that lasts just over a second, buried within a North Korean military propaganda appears to indicate that the country has developed a new cruise missile, a Johns Hopkins university group announced.

Ukraine announced it may declare a “temporary, unilateral, cease-fire” in the eastern part of Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Muslims fighting Muslims — so who is to blame? Perhaps Allah! Both sides, Sunnis backed by Saudi Arabia and Shiites backed by Iran, are blaming each other as sectarian violence threatens “unpredictable consequences” for the region.

Twelve Islamists were sentenced to death by an Egyptian judge on Wednesday for the murder of Gen. Nabil Farrag, a senior police official.

As tensions continue to intensify between Russia and the West over Ukraine, Russia christened a fourth-generation top-secret nuclear submarine named Severodvinsk, on Tuesday.

The rise of drug trafficking in Latin America has been neglected for so long, that it’s creating an ‘epic humanitarian crisis’ on the border, creating a direct threat to national security, and threatens to destabilize the entire region, a Congressman said on Tuesday.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) rapid advancement last week in the Nineveh province left thousands with broken lives who now live in U.N. refugee camps. Some of those survivors spoke with CBN’s Chris Mitchell about the carnage they witnessed.

Iran’s negotiations continued with six global powers regarding its nuclear program continued in Vienna, marking the fifth round of talks hoping to reach a comprehensive agreement by July 20. Alongside the nuclear talks, U.S. and Iranian diplomats discussed the crisis in Iraq.

The United States trained members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria) (ISIS) at a secret base in Jordan to combat Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces in Syria. Now, those same forces are fighting in Iraq, according to World Net Daily.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria) (ISIS) attacked Iraq’s largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in Northern Iraq, and seized the facility as security forces fled. Meanwhile, the White House is carefully weighing its options and is considering a “targeted, highly selective campaign of airstrikes” against the jihadists.

On Tuesday, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria) (ISIS) targeted the city of Baquba, less than 40 miles north of Baghdad.

U.S. Special Forces captured one of the alleged leaders of the 2012 assault on an U.S. Consulate in Benghazi in a secret raid in Libya over the weekend.

Last week, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria) (ISIS) seized several Iraqi army bases, and captured two weapons depots full of U.S. made military equipment.

A significant number of tanks, trucks, and humvees were seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and those arms are being sent to Syria, according to U.S. officials.

The Obama administration has been aware for two months that the al-Qaida-inspired group that has taken over two Iraqi cities and now is threatening Baghdad was training fighters in Turkey, according to a Shiite source in contact with a high official in the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Eight people were arrested as part of a terrorist cell group, led by a former Guantánamo Bay inmate, in pre-dawn raids in Madrid, Spain, the Agence France-Presse reported.

In late April, State Department officials warned that Iran had “trained, funded, and provided guidance” to ethnic Iraqi terror groups who want to destabilize the country.

Russia has amassed as many as 38,000 soldiers on its borders with Ukraine and continues to supply arms and personnel to rebel forces in the eastern part of the country, Ukraine’s National Security Council chief said.