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The Man Who Could Have Stopped the Islamic State

The phone in the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Directorate of the police headquarters in Gaziantep, a southern Turkish city, rang at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, 2006. The caller did not provide a name, and records oddly do not indicate the person’s gender. But the caller did offer a well-informed tip…

Colombia government, rebels sign revised peace agreement

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a new peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel movement on Thursday, aiming to end a half century of hostilities. Santos and Rodrigo Londono of leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed the 310-page…