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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. BIZARRE MIDEAST DYNAMIC BAFFLES WASHINGTON
• The U.S. was already toeing a delicate line with Iran on the fight against ISIL north of Baghdad. Syria's airstrikes against the Sunni extremist network in Iraq complicate the situation even further.
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• 2. WHY US WAS CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED BY IRAQ INSURGENCY
• Officials tell the AP that the CIA has pulled back its spies since American troops left the country.
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• 3. FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• The three-judge panel declares that states cannot deprive people of the right to marry simply because they choose a partner of the same sex.
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• 4. AUSTRALIA THINKS MH370 WAS FLYING ON AUTOPILOT WHEN IT CRASHED
• The authorities are shifting the search for the missing Malaysian jet further south in the Indian Ocean while acknowledging they don't know when exactly its automatic navigation system was turned on.
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• 5. JUSTICES SAY NO WARRANT, NO CELL PHONE SEARCH
• Officers are being briefed and new procedures are in place after Supreme Court rules police generally can't look through devices of arrestees without permission.
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• 6. U.S. DISMANTLING ITS ANTI-TERROR FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES
• With local armed groups largely crippled, Washington is shifting its attention to other strategic issues in Asia like China's territorial conflicts with its neighbors.

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