"We need to get to the negotiation," Secretary of State John Kerry said of efforts to convince Syria's Bashar Assad to step down. "That's what we're looking for, and we hope Russia and Iran, [and] other countries with influence, will help to bring that about, because that's what's preventing this crisis from ending."
Egyptian military kills tourists in militant territory;
Libyan rival governments reach "
consensus"
Iraq tells Turkey to coordinate attacks on PKK;
Al Qaeda leader issues statements on ISIS;
South Sudan denies attacking rebels
Kidnapping, a new method of Russian "
hybrid warfare"
Playing politics with language in Crimea
India-Australia first naval exercise;
Militants get ID cards in Pakistan for $100;
Pakistan allows Taliban to meet, choose leader;
ISIS threatens to kill Maldives president;
Pakistan says "
almost all Uighur militants eliminated"
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