The United States has joined the effort to liberate the Iraqi city of Tikrit from the hands of the Islamic State, causing a number of militias to say they will no long participate in the offensive.
An arrest warrant for the President of Argentina was found in the trash of a prosecutor who was found dead just hours before he was supposed to testify in the Argentine congress about illegal activities involving the president and ministry of foreign affairs.
An Israeli airstrike in Syria resulted in the deaths of a number of fighters, including high-ranking members of Hezbollah and an Iranian general.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned U.S. energy and defense firms to stay alert for a sophisticated Iranian hacking operation. Other than energy and defense firms, the attack might target educational institutions as well.
The government of Iran has been carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Iraq, illustrating that the group is such a threat rivals such as the United States and Iran both seek its demise.
The Islamic Republic of Iran announced that they have completed the first successful flight of a military drone whose design was based off of a captured U.S. drone that crashed in Iran in 2011.
Hezbollah, the militant group, used drones to bomb a building occupied by the Al-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda affiliate.
The embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bid to retain power, despite the election of a replacement favorable to both Iraqi patrons Iran and the United States, seems to have come to an end.
