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Rescued migrants rest as they are given food and drink upon arrival in Simpang Tiga, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. In a potential breakthrough in Southeast Asia's humanitarian crisis, Indonesia and Malaysia offered Wednesday to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea after weeks of saying they weren't welcome. But they appealed for international help, saying the crisis was a global, not a regional, problem. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) Rescued migrants rest as they are given food and drink upon arrival in Simpang Tiga, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. In a potential breakthrough in Southeast Asia's humanitarian crisis, Indonesia and Malaysia offered Wednesday to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea after weeks of saying they weren't welcome. But they appealed for international help, saying the crisis was a global, not a regional, problem. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

By Associated Press May 21, 2015 2 min read

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1. HOW VAST EXTREMIST RECRUITING NETWORK NETS LEGIONNAIRES

As many as 17,000 people from more than 90 countries have streamed to Syria and Iraq to wage holy war for the Islamic State group.

2. ANCIENT CITY FALLS TO IS

Syrian activists say Islamic State militants, after seizing the ancient town of Palmyra in central Syria, are now also in full control of its famed archaeological site with its 2,000-year old Roman colonnades.