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BAGHDAD (AP) — A witness says black banners are flying from watchtowers at Iraq's largest refinery, suggesting that Sunni militants may have won the day in their attack on the facility. The militants have seized vast territories across the country's north. A top Iraqi security official, however, says government forces still hold the refinery. Washington is mulling its options for responding.
UNDATED (AP) — The price of gasoline in the U.S. is falling victim to the conflict in Iraq. The national average price of $3.67 per gallon is the highest price for this time of year since 2008, the year gasoline hit its all-time high. The good news is that gasoline is not likely to spike above $4 as it did 6 years ago. Or even cross $3.90, as in 2011 and 2012. Experts say the price won't hit apocalyptic numbers
BEIRUT (AP) — An international rights group is accusing Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria of abuses. The report from Human Rights Watch says abuses by Kurdish authorities ruling three enclaves include arbitrary arrests of political opponents, and failure to address abductions and unresolved killings. Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria.
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian security official says ousted President Hosni Mubarak will need surgery after breaking his leg. The incident happened at a Cairo military hospital, where Mubarak is serving a three-year prison sentence in a corruption case. The official says the 86-year-old Mubarak slipped in the bathroom and broke the upper part of his thigh bone today.
BERLIN (AP) — A German cave researcher is back above ground after a grueling two week of rescue efforts. The man suffered a head injury more than 3,000 feet underground and had to be slowly hauled by hand through a narrow winding passage. Germany's mountain rescue service says Johann Westhauser is receiving emergency medical care outside the cave.
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