June's record of 60 service members killed was surpassed in July as US forces experienced their deadliest month in the nine-year-old Afghanistan war with 63 deaths.
Al Qaeda commander Mohammed Sayeed al Omda said in a recording posted online, Al Qaeda will soon have a fighting force of 12,000 soldiers based in the southern Yemeni cities of Aden and Abyan.
3 months after Mexican cartels killed three people linked to the diplomatic post, the US closed its consulate in the Mexican border city Ciudad Juarez for a security evaluation.
A protest outside Iran's UN mission in New York City kicks off a series of events demanding Tehran release Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, and Shane Bauer; three American hikers captured in Iraq and held for the last year.





































