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ISIS internal docs show struggle to retain fighters, cut costs
ISIS is facing cash and manpower shortages, the deputy commander of the counter-ISIS coalition said Tuesday.
Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam extradited to France
Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam was extradited Wednesday from Belgium to France to face trial over his alleged role in the Paris attacks, authorities said.

London’s Big Ben to fall silent for repairs
For most of the last 157 years, the great bell known as Big Ben has sounded the hour in London, its reassuring and sonorous gong pealing out over the Thames, part of the sonic landscape of the city.

100 days to go: Does Rio have any chance of being ready?
If Olympic opening ceremonies should capture the atmosphere in a host nation, then Rio 2016’s curtain-raiser should be interesting.

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Trump, Clinton: Let battle begin

Trump: Allies must pay more for defense
Donald Trump says that allies of the U.S. must pay more for their defense or be prepared to defend themselves during a foreign policy speech.

Trump delivers major foreign policy speech in Washington

Abu Sayyaf: Islamic extremists or profiteering criminals?
Philippines-based Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf have made international headlines with the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Canadian national John Ridsdel, whose remains were found the day after a ransom demand deadline expired.

Pentagon adopts Israeli tactic in bombing ISIS
The U.S. has adopted a unique Israeli battlefield tactic in its fight against ISIS: exploding a missile above a building to warn civilians inside that it’s about to be bombed.

Cardinal Ortega, key player in U.S.-Cuba thaw, retires
Havana Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, a key figure in the secret negotiations that led to the restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, stepped down Tuesday as the Catholic Church’s top official on the communist-run island, a Vatican statement said.

Venezuela blackouts: ‘We can’t go on living like this’
About the only thing that can be counted on around the clock at Gustavo Diaz’s home these days is the gas stove.
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Tragedy explained
Victims’ families hope to learn more about what happened that day in 1989. CNN’s Alex Thomas reports.

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Families break out in song
Families of victims in the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster sang “You’ll Never Walk Alone” after a jury found fans’ behavior did not cause deaths.

Police, not supporters, to blame: Inquest

Hillsborough victim’s mom ‘denied final cuddle’ with son

Why this North Korea test is not like the others
North Korea is on a roll. Just four months into 2016, it has tested a nuclear device (its fourth), launched a satellite that uses rocket mechanisms for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS), fired multiple short-range missiles, and now claims the first successful launch test of a submarine-launched-ballistic missile (SLBM) with a flight distance of about 30 kilometers (18 miles).

Laid-back ancient skeleton mosaic has sage advice
It’s the ancient equivalent of “don’t worry, be happy.”

Seven reasons you should care about Libya
As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Europe for a summit likely to focus on repairing Libya’s dysfunctional state, CNN’s International Diplomatic Editor examines why those hundreds or thousands of miles from its borders should be concerned about what is happening there.

‘Go and have a baby’ comments spark fury from spurned cyclist
It’s an organization with an unrivaled performance track record that’s helped deliver numerous gold medals, but British Cycling finds itself embroiled in a potentially damaging sexism row.

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30 years later, we’re still trying to contain Chernobyl
Next to a crumbling nuclear reactor destroyed in an explosion 30 years ago, an unprecedented project in the history of modern engineering is being built.
Australian police arrest 16-year-old in Anzac terror plot
New South Wales police have arrested a 16-year-old on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said in an early-morning press conference Tuesday.

Obama to send 250 special operations forces to Syria
President Barack Obama announced Monday an additional 250 special operations forces will be sent to Syria in the coming weeks in a speech in Hannover, Germany, in an effort to stem the influence and spread of ISIS.

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Nigeria’s missing girls: Infiltrating the forest Boko Haram calls home
As night falls, the curfew comes into effect. Nobody is allowed on the streets. Anxiety hangs in the air.

Student held in Bangladeshi professor’s hacking death 
Bangladeshi police have detained a university student in connection with the hacking death of a professor. But why the teacher was stabbed in the neck remains unclear.

Uneasy allies in ISIS fight clash in northern Iraq
Twenty-two fighters have been killed in ongoing clashes between Kurdish Peshmerga and Shiite militia members in northern Iraq, local security officials say, a development that complicates the fight against ISIS in the region.

How Obama and Merkel learned to love one another
In a cold world, President Barack Obama has found some warmth in Germany.

Norman ‘Dusty’ Kleiss, Battle of Midway hero, dies at 100
I knew the day might come. The news still hurt.

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Iraqi flying U.S. plane in battle against ISIS
With his immaculate flight suit and perfect American accent, Major “Face” Hama looks every inch the U.S. “Top Gun” pilot. But this is Iraq, not California.

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Papa Wemba, ‘King of Rhumba Rock,’ dies 
Papa Wemba, one of Africa’s most flamboyant and popular musicians, has died, according to a statement from a music festival in Ivory Coast.

President Obama, go to Hiroshima
Secretary of State John Kerry made history earlier this month by becoming the first sitting cabinet official to visit Hiroshima, where he paid his respects to the victims of the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on the Japanese city at the end of World War II.

Japan’s first stealth fighter jet test: ‘extremely stable’
Japan joined the exclusive stealth jet club Friday with the successful test flight of its first radar-evading aircraft — a prototype called the X-2.

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Death toll from chemical plant blast rises to 28
Three days after a huge explosion at a Mexican petrochemical plant, the death toll stands at 28, officials said.

ISIS claims it downed a Syrian regime jet
ISIS claims it shot down a Syrian air force jet east of Damascus on Friday and captured the pilot, according to Amaq, the media agency affiliated with the terrorist group.

Merkel visits refugee camp
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European Union officials visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border Saturday, one month after helping finalize a controversial EU plan to cope with the largest migration crisis since World War II.
Obama’s long goodbye
The sun is slowly beginning to set on Barack Obama’s presidency.

Obama questioned on LGBT rights, Black Lives Matter in London
London’s diversity was on full display Saturday during a town hall discussion hosted by President Barack Obama, who faced questions on gay and transgender rights and offered advice to the Black Lives Matter movement during his second day in the British capital.

North Korea launches missile from submarine, South Korea says
North Korea has fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday.

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Massive coral reef discovered in Amazon River
The Amazon River, known for its array of wildlife from pink dolphins to flesh-eating piranhas, has revealed a new treasure — a massive coral reef that stretches for some 600 miles, scientists say.

Nepal one year after the earthquake
Nepal then and now: CNN’s Moni Basu recalls the earthquake devastation of 2015 — and what she discovered in her return to the Himalayan country one year later.

Year after Nepal quake, Maya has a fresh chance
On April 25, 2015, the Nepal earthquake changed the life of 10-year-old Maya Gurung. A few days later, a second quake altered her life’s trajectory again. This time, in a way no one could have imagined.
The life of Queen Elizabeth II 

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Brussels airport bomber identified as ISIS jailer
The attorney for two former hostages told CNN that her clients have identified Brussels bomber Najim Laachraoui as an ISIS jailer of foreign hostages in Syria.

Cuban-Americans will be able to take a cruise to the island
The Cuban government said it would scrap a long-standing ban on letting people born in Cuba come to the island by cruise ship, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported Friday.

Brits to Obama: Stop ‘sticking your hooter’ in British politics
Not everyone in Britain, it is safe to say, welcomes the intervention of an American president in what’s viewed as the internal politics of the United Kingdom.

Obama to U.K.: Don’t leave the EU
Franklin D. Roosevelt sent vast armies across the Atlantic. John F. Kennedy thumbed his nose at communism in Berlin. And Ronald Reagan chose the same iconic city to call on Mr. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”
More than 600 dead in Ecuador earthquake
The death toll from Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Ecuador swept past 600 Friday evening, surpassing an unwanted milestone in the worst disaster the country has seen in decades.

175 countries sign landmark climate agreement
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a fiery 32-year-old from Chad, took the podium here at the United Nations on Friday morning in front of nearly 200 world leaders.

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Is this the one thing all religions can agree on?
“Slavery is repugnant to all faith communities – and all faith communities of faith can help end slavery once and for all,” writes Maurice Middleberg, of Free The Slaves.

The Mundari: The tribe dying for their cows
Ankole-Wartusi cows are among the most prized in the South Sudan, and could fetch $500. For some, this means protecting them at all costs.
Prince’s last days
At the height of his stardom, Prince was ubiquitous, a marquee star who sold out stadiums, stole the silver screen and slayed fans with his bare-chested sass and sexuality.