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The Christian Science Monitor Daily News Briefing provides an editorially curated perspective on important news of the day. Each issue provides a daily commentary from the editors, abridged versions of five key stories, an Editorial, the Christian Science perspective article, and a Top Headlines column. Insights gained from the Monitor can support and strengthen your prayers for the world. For the latest news and 24/7 access to Monitor content, you can also visit CSMonitor.com.

ISIS currently has the upper hand. But that may not last.

Hearing news of freedom

Truth doesn't always travel fast, but when it is finally known it changes the world.

US air power can help turn the tide in Iraq. But it will be up to Iraqis to halt the ISIS offensive.

Quitting hydrocarbons isn’t easy.

The United States and Iran have a long and troubled history.

Turning the tide in Iraq

The next chapter in Iraq’s painful saga must be more inclusive and less sectarian.

If the Iraqi government is unable to reestablish control, Kurdistan may go its own way.

Increasingly, Iraq looks headed for civil war, if not outright breakup.

In Lebanon and Iraq, Sunnis have seen their position erode in recent years.

Iran is now floating a peace plan.