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The United Kingdom police must urgently set up round-the-clock communications with their counterparts in Turkey to stop Britons crossing into territory controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), The Guardian quoted a member of the U.K. parliament as saying. 

Analysis about what the June 7 election represented, and expectations as to what should happen now, vary depending on whether you are looking from the west or the east. The view from the west is easy to figure out. 

South Korea reported three new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on June 21, bringing the total to 169 in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, but Thailand said it had no new infections.

A car bomb near a mosque in Sanaa kills two people, as Saudi-led warplanes bombarded second city Aden, after peace talks end without agreement The explosion in Sanaa, controlled by Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, went off outside the Kobbat al-Mehdi mosque as Shiite Muslims emerged from midday prayers, witnesses and security sources said.

The US effort to build a moderate Syrian opposition force that can stand up to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rebels is moving more slowly than expected due to complications vetting volunteers and bringing them out of Syria for training, the Pentagon said on June 18.

Construction of the Turkish Stream project might begin as soon as end June or the beginning of July 2015 as stated by Russian Energy minister Alexander Novak on Thursday in an interview for RBC TV.

The United Nations on June 17 extended stalled Yemen peace talks taking place in Geneva, with both the exiled government and the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels accusing each other of trying to sabotage the process.

Indonesia?s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to the Middle East will force women seeking an escape from poverty to migrate illegally, and put them at greater risk of human trafficking, a rights campaigner said on June 17. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Saudi Arabia's defence minister this week in a meeting aimed at boosting bilateral ties after years of tensions over Syria, his aide said June 17.

Turkish security services searching for three British sisters and their nine children thought headed to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Syria have no idea where they are, a Turkish official said on June 17.