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In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014 photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads,"Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah." It has been nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo) (AP Photo)

Iraq: al-Maliki rejects Iran’s urging to step down

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAVIVIAN SALAMA · July 23, 2014 10:25 pm

Fans hop aboard exclusive train to Comic-Con

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 10:13 pm

Cuba, US begin 5-game exhibition baseball series

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 10:13 pm

Austria: Israeli club’s match disrupted by protest

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 9:23 pm

Pallbearers carry a coffin towards a hearse during a ceremony to mark the return of the first bodies, of passengers and crew killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, from Ukraine at Eindhoven military air base, the Netherlands, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. After being removed from the planes, the bodies are to be taken in a convoy of hearses to a military barracks in the central city of Hilversum, where forensic experts will begin the painstaking task of identifying the bodies and returning them to their loved ones. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

40 bodies from jet solemnly returned to Dutch soil

DOROTHEE THIESINGMSTYSLAV CHERNOV · July 23, 2014 9:03 pm

FILE - In this April 7, 2005 file photo, Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus poses in Rome. Niedringhaus, 48, was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on April 4, 2014, when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. A Kabul court announced Wednesday, July 23, 2014 that the Afghan police officer charged with killing Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran AP correspondent Kathy Gannon has been convicted and sentenced to death. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Death sentence given in AP photographer’s killing

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 8:58 pm

Jamaica police arrest 41 suspected scammers

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 8:57 pm

Quebec police try to prevent auction of locomotive

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 8:51 pm

FILE - In this June 9, 2014 file photo, Argentina's Vice President Amado Boudou looks back as he enters a federal court in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Vice President is back in court, this time over false data in the papers of an old car that he bought about 20 years ago. Boudou appeared before a federal judge Wednesday, July 23, 2014, and presented a written statement instead of speaking on his defense. Boudou is accused of transferring a Honda CRX automobile to his name irregularly in 2003. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Argentina’s embattled vice president back in court

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 8:49 pm

Rescue workers at the scene of an explosion in Kaduna, Nigeria. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Police say at least 25 people were killed Wednesday by two bombings in the northern city of Kaduna. Police Commissioner Umar Usman Shehu said the first blast came after Sheik Dahiru Bauchi gave an annual Ramadan speech for thousands of faithful in an outdoor service. Sheik Bauchi is known for preaching against the violent extremism of Nigeria's Islamic militants, Boko Haram. (AP Photo)

2 bombs kill at least 39 in Kaduna, north Nigeria

GODWIN ISENYOHEATHER MURDOCK · July 23, 2014 8:10 pm

Egypt judge: Al-Jazeera team did “devil’s” work

SARAH EL DEEB · July 23, 2014 8:06 pm

Bloomberg lands in Israel in show of support

Tia Goldenberg · July 23, 2014 7:48 pm