A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan kills 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say.

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The CIA is expected to maintain a large clandestine presence in Iraq and Afghanistan long after the departure of conventional U.S. troops as part of a plan by the Obama administration to rely on a combination of spies and Special Operations forces to protect U.S. interests in the two longtime war zones, U.S. officials said. Read full article > >

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CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan

Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including video from children’s rooms.

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Trendnet flaw hits home net cams

The fiercest attack yet – involving heavy artillery – rocks the Syrian city of Homs, as the US closes its Damascus embassy over security concerns.

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Syria artillery onslaught on Homs

The U.S. military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on advising Afghan forces and raids to kill top insurgent leaders, senior U.S. officials said. Read full article > >

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Says U.N. Security Council is ‘neutered.’

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Clinton Calls Syria Vote ‘Travesty’

A United Nations Security Council effort to end the violence in Syria ended in acrimony hours after the Syrian military attacked the ravaged city of Homs.

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Russia and China Block U.N. Action on Syrian Crisis

Russia said it still had a “number of concerns” over a tentative plan by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the bloodshed in Syria.

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Russia Rejects Draft U.N. Resolution on Syria

TEHRAN — A fiery anti-Israel speech by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered shortly after a successful Iranian satellite launch, added to growing global tensions Friday, as Israel warned that it might mount a preemptive strike against the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities despite U.S. objections. Read full article > >

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Khamenei: Iran will back ‘any nations, any groups’ fighting Israel

Egyptian protesters clash with security forces for a second day in Cairo, as anger over the deaths of dozens of football fans threatens political unrest.

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Cairo clashes over football anger

The narrative that the Obama administration has laid out for winding down the war in Afghanistan has a familiar feel: It is intended to evoke the gradual withdrawal from Iraq. But the administration faces a fundamentally different challenge in Afghanistan and a host of problems that it did not have in the latter days of the Iraq war. Read full article > >

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In winding down war, a fundamentally different challenge in Afghanistan than in Iraq

CAIRO — Throngs of young Egyptians incensed over a deadly melee at a soccer match clashed with security forces outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Thursday night as the episode threatened to plunge the country into a new cycle of recriminations  and violence. Read full article > >

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UNITED NATIONS — The United States and its European and Arab partners have agreed to drop a demand to impose U.N. sanctions and a voluntary arms embargo on Damascus, in exchange for a commitment from Russia to allow adoption of a U.N. Security Council resolution that paves the way for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from power. Read full article > >

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U.S., allies drop Syria sanctions demand, seek deal with Russia at U.N.

Diplomats at the UN Security Council drop reference to a call for Syria’s president to hand over power in their draft resolution, apparently to appease Russia.

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UN text drops Assad handover call

Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned.

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