Aug 08 Watch Shields and Brooks on Iraq reluctance, Nixon's legacy By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, how Americans are grading President Obama’s foreign policy performance,… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch News Wrap: New fighting casts doubt on Mideast negotiations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Hamas militants in Gaza launched more than 50 rockets at Israel before the end of a three-day truce. Israel answered with airstrikes, killing at least five people, according to Palestinian officials. Also, rival presidential candidates… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Islamic State fighters defiant after U.S. airstrikes By PBS News Hour American warplanes and an unmanned drone targeted fighters and artillery of the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq. President Obama announced the strikes — the first since the last U.S. troops left Iraq in 2011 — as thousands of… Continue watching
Aug 08 Obama's strategy is to contain extremists in Iraq By Robert Burns, Lara Jakes, Associated Press Obama insists he will not send American ground troops back to Iraq after having withdrawn them in 2011, fulfilling a campaign promise. Still, even the limited airstrikes against the vicious insurgency show the president's conviction that the U.S. military cannot… Continue reading
Aug 08 U.S. launches more airstrikes in Iraq By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The attacks near the city of Irbil were carried out by armed drones and Navy fighter jets, said the Defense Department's press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby. Continue reading
Aug 08 U.S. condemns renewed violence in Israel-Gaza By Associated Press The White House is condemning the renewed rocket fire in the conflict between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip and urging both sides to cease hostilities immediately. Continue reading
Aug 08 After meeting with Kerry, Afghan candidates agree to resolve dispute By Matthew Lee, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's feuding presidential candidates agreed Friday to resolve their election dispute and said they would set an inauguration date before the end of August. The breakthrough came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened a second… Continue reading
Aug 08 UN declares international state of emergency following ebola outbreak By Colleen Shalby The World Health Organization on Friday declared an international public health emergency in the wake of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak. Continue reading
Aug 08 FAA bans U.S. airlines from flying over Iraq By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Federal aviation authorities are prohibiting U.S. airlines and other commercial carriers from flying over Iraq, saying hostilities there could threaten safety. Continue reading
Aug 08 Fleeing Iraqis are in 'extreme fear' and need basic supplies By Larisa Epatko The United States overnight airdropped food and water to Iraqis in the northern part of the country who are trapped by Islamic extremists. Those who were able to escape to safer areas of the Kurdish region “are in extreme fear. Continue reading