Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meet at the Prime Minister's Office in Baghdad June 23, 2014. Kerry met Iraq's prime minister in Baghdad on Monday to push for a more inclusive government, even as Baghdad's forces abandoned the border with Jordan, leaving the entire Western frontier outside government control. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool
Kerry Presses Maliki As Iraq Loses Control Of Syrian, Jordanian Borders -- Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Iraq's prime minister in Baghdad on Monday to push for a more inclusive government, even as Baghdad's forces abandoned the border with Jordan, leaving the entire Western frontier outside government control.
Sunni tribes took the Turaibil border crossing, the only legal crossing point between Iraq and Jordan, after Iraqi security forces fled, Iraqi and Jordanian security sources said.
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MIDDLE EAST
Kerry: US ‘not responsible’ for crisis in Iraq, Libya.
John Kerry urges political reform in Iraq.
Sunni militants 'seize Iraq's western border crossings'. Equipped with Humvees, ISIL clashes with rivals in Syria.
Sunni secularists blur picture of ISIL; targets for airstrikes hard to see.
Report: Syria rebels send children into war. 'Allah chose you': ISIS & other jihadist groups recruit children in Syria for suicide missions.
Syria handed over 100% of declared chem weapons stockpile - watchdog.
Iraq militants 'turning back clock' in captured Mosul.
Israeli rockets strike targets in Syria in retaliation for killing of teen in cross-border attack.
Syria crisis: Ceasefire agreed for Yarmouk refugee camp.
ASIA
Obama: Violence in Afghanistan a concern.
Afghan election chief quits amid fraud claims.
Questions mount as Afghan 'vote fraud' tapes emerge. Afghan election crisis: 'stuffed sheep' recordings suggest large-scale fraud.
Pakistanis flee North Waziristan. Thousands flee tribal region as Pakistan gears up for offensive.
India to open civilian nuclear program to greater scrutiny.
Thai junta alters security plan to quell southern insurgency.
China charges former senior official with graft.
AFRICA
Kenyan jets hit al Shabaab bases in Somalia, kill 80 - AU force.
MSF worries ebola outbreak in West Africa is 'out of control'.
Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz easily re-elected in boycotted vote.
Two million under-fives die each year in central, west Africa.
Egypt finds Al Jazeera journalists guilty.
South Africa denies Zuma health rumors.
EUROPE
Ukraine railroad blown up, Russian train derailed.
Ukraine's military resumes bombardment of the town of Shchastye near Lugansk - media.
Putin repeats call for political compromise in Ukraine.
US official: Russians set to send more heavy weaponry to Ukraine rebels.
Russia appeals Western sanctions to WTO.
Polish foreign minister called ties to USA 'worthless' - report.
Kosovo violence: Albanians protest over Mitrovica bridge blockage. Clashes in Kosovo's Mitrovica over bridge blockade.
Pope Francis 'excommunicates' mafia.
AMERICAS
Argentina publishes US newspaper advert against 'vulture funds'.
Mexico: The Cartel War is still a war.
Mass graves with remains of migrants uncovered in Texas.
Quebec police capture 3 inmates escaped in helicopter jailbreak.
Colombia adopts new sexual violence law.
Kerry: 'I'm working hard to ... have lesbian, bisexual, and transgender ambassadors'.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
American military can’tpPlay whack-a-mole with terrorists, says Obama.
An inside peek at Guantanamo's camps and court.
ISIS and the threat to Turkey.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
France gives GE go ahead on Alstom.
Oracle to buy Micros Systems in $5.3 billion deal.
China, Japan manufacturing grows again, euro zone falters.
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