Obama: New Taliban Leader to Continue ‘Agenda of Violence’
State Dept Previously Presented Assassination as Pushing 'Peaceful Resolution'
Breakaway Taliban Faction Rejects New Leader Akhundzada
Rasool Deputy Says New Leader's Appointment 'Hasty'
US Special Forces Increasingly Involved in Syrian Kurdish Combat Operations
Pentagon Continues to Insist Troops Are In 'Non-Combat Role'
Pakistani Official: Six Afghan Spies Arrested on Terror Charges
Baloch Home Minister Says Six Confessed to Killing Over 40 Pakistanis
Iraqi Troops Take Karma, Key Town Northeast of Fallujah
Fighting Ongoing in Western Parts of Karma
Despite Assurances, US Banking Sanctions Still Stalling Iran Oil Deals
Total SA's Usual Bank Refuses to Finance Projects
Iraq PM: Protests Must End During Fallujah Invasion
Insists Military Too Busy With Fallujah to Cope With Demonstrations
EU Nations Ignore Egypt Arms Embargo, Fuel Junta Killings
Report: 12 EU Members Still Supplying Junta With Arms, Police Equipment
US: New Far-Right Israeli Coalition Raises ‘Legitimate Questions’
State Dept Concerned by Number of Coalition Members Against Two-State Solution
Russia Halts Strikes on Syrian al-Qaeda, Citing Rebel Requests
US Had Spurned Russian Offer for Joint Offensive
Kurdish Spokesman: No Plans to Attack ISIS Capital of Raqqa
Leaflets Dropped Recently Ordered Raqqa Residents to Flee
Sistani Urges Restraint in Offensive Against Fallujah
Says Troops Must Spare Civilians in Retaking City From ISIS
ISIS Fighters ‘Disappearing Suddenly’ Around Outskirts of Fallujah
Unable to Get Back Into City, Fighters Blend Into Countryside
Fearing Kurds, Many Raqqa Arabs Side With ISIS
Historical Distrust Looms Large Over Kurdish Push Into ISIS Territory
Taliban Appoints Top Religious Scholar as New Leader
Was Former Chief Justice of Religious Courts
