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Jordanian Kills Two Americans At Police Training Center

A Jordanian police officer shot and killed at least four people, including two U.S. security contractors hired to train Palestinian police. The shooter also died in the attack in Amman, the capital.

Police crime tape is displayed at the scene where a 16-year-old was shot and killed and an 18-year-old was shot and wounded on April 25 in Chicago.

FBI: Murders Up Nearly 11 Percent In 2015; Violent Crime Rose Slightly

Experts said homicides and other violence remain at low rates compared with a crime wave from 20 years ago.

An Iraqi woman mourns at the site of a July 3 attack, claimed by Islamic State, which killed at least 292 people. Baghdad's security chief has since been fired, but outrage at the government remains high.

Iraqi PM Sacks Baghdad Security Chief After Deadly Bombing

Iraq's prime minister fired Baghdad's security chief amid outrage over last Sunday's bombing that killed 292 people.

U.S.-backed fighters rest during fighting with the Islamic State group near Ein Issa, north of Raqqa, Syria, as shown in a video by Qasioun, a Syrian opposition media outlet.

U.S.-Backed Fighters Push Forward In 2 Key Offensives Against ISIS

Two offensives in two countries are aimed at retaking Syria's Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul. Raqqa is the Islamic State's de facto capital, while Mosul is the group's most important stronghold in Iraq.

An Assyrian Christian woman prays at a church service in Tell Tamer, Syria. The service is to remember members of the community killed after about 300 people were taken captive by ISIS in March 2015.

In Syria, Assyrian Christians Cling On After ISIS Onslaught

In northeastern Syria, Christians are mourning those killed by ISIS when the militants tore through a band of Assyrian villages a year ago. The towns were recaptured, but the community is scarred.

A Red Cross vehicle carrying aid arrives in the rebel-held town of Talbiseh, Syria, on Monday.

Syrian Military Declares End To Cease-Fire; Aid Convoy Comes Under Attack

The Syrian military accused rebels of violating the seven-day cease-fire and declared the truce over. Trucks carrying food and medicine to an area west of Aleppo were attacked from the air.

Manaf Ibrahim takes a break from making sandwiches in a small town close to an airstrip he believes the U.S. is using to supply its advisers on the ground in eastern Syria.

A Remote Syrian Airstrip Hints At A Growing American Military Role

In northeastern Syria, local residents are watching the comings and goings from a rural airstrip they say is America's Syria footprint in the anti-ISIS war.

Activists in Syria's besieged city of Aleppo protest Tuesday against the United Nations for what they say is its failure to lift the siege of their rebel-held area. "Hunger better than humiliation," one banner read. "X the UN," another declared.

On Day 3, Syrian Truce Still Largely Holds But Aid Trucks Languish At Border

The U.N. reports there's been a significant drop in violence but that further assurances are required before aid can access those in need. At least 20 aid trucks are waiting near the Turkish border.

After their villages were overrun by ISIS last year, hundreds of Yazidis sought safety on Mt. Sinjar, a place they consider miraculous. Many families, including this one, refuse to leave the mountain.

Targeted By ISIS, These Yazidis Refused To Leave Their Beloved Mountain

Yazidis who refused to flee after ISIS took their villages survived on wild plants and tomato paste through a bitterly cold winter on the slopes of a mountain they consider miraculous.

A Syrian man, flanked by his son and his nephews, lays a myrtle branch on the grave of his brother at a cemetery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on Monday, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Syrian Cease-Fire Negotiated By U.S., Russia Goes Into Effect

The planned halt in hostilities began at sundown local time on Monday. Just hours before nightfall, President Bashar Assad said he intends to "reclaim every area" of Syria.

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