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The US secretary of state is in northern Iraq holding talks with Kurdish leaders, as Sunni rebels claim a key oil refinery has fallen to them.
BBC News – Middle East

The leader of the Tijuana cartel which once controlled much of the drugs flow from Mexico to the US has been captured by the army, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s President Putin asks parliament to revoke the right of military intervention in Ukraine, where rebels have been fighting government troops.
BBC News – Europe

The PM’s ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson is found guilty of conspiring to hack phones, while former News International boss Rebekah Brooks is cleared at the Old Bailey
BBC News – UK

The Mormon Church has excommunicated a prominent backer of the ordination of women priests for contravening official doctrine, her supporters say.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than 60 women and children have been abducted in northern Nigeria by suspected militant Islamists, residents and officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Up by 20 or down by 20, one of the constants on the Thunder sidelines this season was the perpetual optimism, positivity and energy of Ha
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The board of French rail and energy group Alstom votes to accept a $ 17bn offer from General Electric, in what could be GE’s biggest ever acquisition.
BBC News – Business

Iraq’s government loses control of its western borders after Sunni militants seize crossings into Syria and Jordan, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

The Argentine government publishes an advert in US newspapers denouncing the recent US Supreme Court ruling in favour of hedge fund investors holding its defaulted bonds.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s President Putin gives conditional backing to Ukraine’s peace plan, calling for Kiev to compromise with pro-Russian rebels.
BBC News – Europe

Security services will not be able to monitor all of the Britons who return to the country after fighting in Syria, a former MI6 counter-terrorism official says.
BBC News – UK

Canadian police recapture three prisoners in Montreal who escaped by helicopter from a jail outside Quebec City.
BBC News – US & Canada

Dozens of people are killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on two Nigerian villages near where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April.
BBC News – Africa

In his MVP acceptance speech, Kevin Durant called him one of his favorite teammates ever.
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The bid battle for France’s rail and energy group Alstom shifts in favour of General Electric after the US firm agrees to work with French state on a new offer.
BBC News – Business

Thousands of Shia militia loyal to powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr parade in Baghdad, raising sectarian tensions amid fighting in northern Iraq.
BBC News – Middle East

The US pledges millions of dollars in aid to Central American countries, believing it will help reduce the growing number of migrants, especially children.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian separatists carry out several attacks on Ukrainian troops despite a unilateral ceasefire declared by Kiev, Ukrainian officials say.
BBC News – Europe