| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | 'I ran away to something uglier' | | Once a member of a fearsome, female ISIS brigade, the 25-year-old woman is a recent defector, disillusioned by the group's brutality. She tells CNN about her decision. |
| New phase in MH370 search begins | | The GO Phoenix search vessel arrived in the Flight 370 search area in the Indian Ocean and started its search. The ship, along with two others, will conduct detailed sonar sweeps. |
| ISIS gets closer to Kobani | | ISIS is getting closer to capturing a key city that would mark not just a huge strategic victory, but would also deal a devastating blow to the Syrian Kurds trapped by the group's violent campaign. |
| Islamist rivals find common enemy | | U.S. and allied airstrikes in Iraq and Syria are changing the battlefield below. The Pentagon sees progress, even if it's a slog. But there may be unintended consequences of the air campaign -- in a way that will give the West yet another headache. |
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