Aug 11 U.S. sends disaster relief team to Iraq By Associated Press Much of the assistance will go to thousands of members of an Iraqi religious minority group known as Yazidis who have been trapped on a mountaintop in northwest Iraq to escape certain death by Sunni militants with the Islamic… Continue reading
Aug 11 U.S. begins sending arms to Kurdish forces in Iraq By Julie Pace, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The officials wouldn't say which U.S. agency is providing the arms or what weapons are being sent, but one official said it isn't the Pentagon. The CIA has historically done similar quiet arming operations. Continue reading
Aug 11 Power shift underway in Iraq as Maliki faces challenger By News Desk Malaki supporters marched in the streets chanting support for the embattled prime minister, and militias and leaders across Iraq braced for a potential attempt at a military coup. But as yet Malaki has not made an obvious move to retain… Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Sunday, August 10, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition, new American efforts to save tens of thousands of Iraqis who fled from islamic jihadists, the burden of college debt and new statistics about how much it weighs on graduates and for how long, and from Boston,… Continue watching
Aug 10 How mapping the Ebola outbreak may ease future health crises By Victoria Pasquantonio How is a computer program able to spot Ebola happening before researchers can? HealthMap is a website that’s been around since 2006 and aims to help public health organizations determine that a crisis is occurring. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch Beyond Iraq, what's next for the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour As members of the Islamic State continue to brutally terrorize civilians in Iraq, experts are focusing on what's to come. Senior and National Securities Studies Fellow at the New America Foundation Douglas Ollivant joins Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Aug 10 On World Lion Day, a call to action to save 'our global heritage' By Victoria Pasquantonio Sunday is World Lion Day, designed to bring awareness of the species teetering on the brink of extinction and inspire conservation efforts around the globe. Continue reading
Aug 10 Islam a German secret weapon? New book uncovers forgotten POW camp By Tracy Wholf In author Eugene Rogan’s forthcoming book, The Fall of the Ottomans, Rogan writes about a small and relatively unknown prisoner-of-war camp called Halbmondlager, or ‘Half Moon Camp’ that was specifically designed for Muslim captives. Continue reading
Aug 10 Graham to Obama: Expand Iraq airstrikes or risk terrorist attack By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he worries an American city could soon be a terrorist target if the U.S. military fails to turn back Islamic militants on the march in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
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