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$Pentagon: Russia\'s nuclear sabre-rattling is \'playing with fire\'$
Pentagon: Russia's nuclear sabre-rattling is 'playing with fire'

The United States is determined to prevent it from gaining a significant military advantage.
$EU leaders: We\'ll take 60,000 migrants, but we don\'t know where they\'ll go$
EU leaders: We'll take 60,000 migrants, but we don't know where they'll go

European leaders argued into the early hours over how to handle the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
Charleston pastor-politician Rev Clementa Pinckney mourned at state capitol

The body of Rev Clementa Pinckney, the state senator and pastor gunned down with eight others at a historic black church in Charleston, was taken on Wednesday to the South Carolina capitol to lie in state inside the rotunda.
Islamic State re-enters key Syria border town Kobane

Islamic State fighters launched simultaneous attacks against the Syrian army and Kurdish militiaovernight, moving back on the offensive after losing ground in recent days to Kurdish-led forces in the Islamist group's stronghold of Raqqa province.
Cameron to make case for renegotiation at EU summit in Brussels

Prime Minister David Cameron will pitch his renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the European Union at a summit on Thursday as leaders of the 28-member bloc grapple with an influx of migrants and the prospect of a Greek default.
$Pakistan\'s Ramadan heat wave kills nearly 800 in four days$
Pakistan's Ramadan heat wave kills nearly 800 in four days

Water and power have failed in Karachi and the poor are suffering most.
$California \'Sodomite Suppression Act\' petition blocked by judge$
California 'Sodomite Suppression Act' petition blocked by judge

The author of a ballot advocating the murder of gays and lesbians should not be allowed to gather supporting signatures, a judge says.
Syria: Kurds seize Islamic State town near militants' capital

Kurdish victories have reversed the momentum of Islamic State.
$\'Titanic\' composer James Horner dies in plane crash$
'Titanic' composer James Horner dies in plane crash

James Horner has not been heard from since his private plane crashed on Monday morning.
$Charleston killings spark US soul-searching about \'racist\' Confederate flag$
Charleston killings spark US soul-searching about 'racist' Confederate flag

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for removal of the flag at the state capitol.
Afghanistan under new Taliban pressure as northern district falls

Afghan security forces are struggling to cope with worsening militant violence.
Monica Jordan: Darryl Hamilton shot dead by girlfriend in murder-suicide

Former Major League outfielder and baseball broadcast analyst Darryl Hamilton was fatally shot at a suburban Houston home where his girlfriend was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun wound, police in Pearland said on Monday.