Turkish readout of the call says Akar laid out Turkey's requirements for any potential "safe-zone" in NE Syria, including the collection of Kurdish YPG weapons/removal of YPG fighters, that the zone be an average of 30-40 km deep & "controlled by Turkey"…

California festival gunman killed 2 children and 1 adult with assault-style rifle, police say https://t.co/Y9T2VeaLUR

JUST IN: Key Trump insiders have pushed proposal to build dozens of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia while seeking to avoid restrictions on transfer of US nuclear technology and have stood to profit from the effort, Oversight investigative report says.…

#Russia and #Iran may hold exercises in the #StraitofHormuz. The countries are also negotiating to strengthen cooperation in the Caspian Sea, said Iranian Navy Commander Hossein Khanadi. via @lummideast

6.0M #earthquake strikes 11 min ago 295 km SE of #yokosuka, #Japan. https://t.co/9lVVvRhJDY

A man was caught traveling with a missile launcher in his luggage at BWI https://t.co/KkHJ3uiNzz

#Sudan 🇸🇩: photos of schoolboys marching in #ElObeid moments before the regime opened fire, killing 5. #الأُبيض_تنزف

#UPDATE: #US Official says an Afghan soldier killed the 2 US troops in Southern #Afghanistan. https://t.co/SenQvAvt8U

Opinion: Trump’s new intelligence pick makes Russian interference more likely https://t.co/YK8yS0Of3U

Alexei Navalny discharged from hospital against wishes of doctor https://t.co/7kTDCBwsiN

Saudi King Salman's brother Prince Bandar dies At 96. https://t.co/LhIrYP3Fpn

US Secretary of Defense Mark @EsperDoD had a phone call with Turkey's Minister of Defense Akar Monday according to Pentagon & Turkish officials. They last spoke on July 12

No one is joining Trump's anti-Iran coalition, writes @CSISMidEast's Jon Alterman https://t.co/LBnJaCGvkg

Earthquake struck #Iraq-#Iran border region a few minutes ago. #TwitterKurds

52 dead, 16 decapitated in Brazil prison riot https://t.co/DLQFFlvZEC

Fifty-two inmates killed in Brazil prison riot; 16 decapitated https://t.co/uzFCs6WWAT

Lastest satellite images (July 25) from Baniyas in #Syria shows rather large #oil spill near/from a ship, that might be involved in clean-up. This is nearby the previous targeted underwater pipeline where limpet mines caused a leak. cc @TankerTrackers

Saudi Arabia mimicking Russian and Chinese suppression tactics with the apparent message: nowhere is safe. https://t.co/V0MLc1mqHL

The irony. https://t.co/AoSDX3fx63

BREAKING: U.S. military says 2 American service members killed in combat in Afghanistan Monday

The FBI arrested two men in Arizona Friday after they checked in for a flight to Egypt, where the Justice Department alleges they intended to join ISIS. The Justice Dept. says both men came to the US from Somalia as refugees & that one had since become a…