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In an attempt to stop the juggernaut advance of the Sunni extremist group ISIS, Iraq’s central government says the fight for the country’s largest oil refinery is far from over.

Half a million people reportedly have been streaming out of a major Iraqi city that was seized by Islamist militants this week.

Hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean will be at or below normal levels this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual forecast.

A second day of violence in Vietnam has seen mobs singling out Chinese workers for attack, killing at least one and injuring dozens, as hundreds of Chinese nationals fled the country by land and air.

It’s been missing for more than 500 years. But now there are reports that the Santa Maria, the largest ship among the trio that made Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to North America, may be found.

A new U.S. government report released Tuesday finds that climate change is already having a broad impact on both weather and the economy.