Aug 26 Watch Eastern Seaboard Braces for Potentially 'Historic' Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene was headed for a weekend assault up the East Coast, threatening to bring powerful winds and heavy rain to tens of millions of Americans. Jeffrey Brown discusses the storm with Federal Emergency Management Agency's Craig Fugate, the National… Continue watching
Aug 26 Nigeria, International Community Rattled by U.N. Bombing By Larisa Epatko A car bomber broke through two gates and detonated his explosives in front of a U.N. building in Nigeria's capital Abuja, killing at least 18 people Friday. Continue reading
Aug 26 NATO Warplanes Target Sirte, Hunt Continues for Gadhafi 3:30 p.m. ET | 200 bodies were discovered at a hospital in Tripoli, though the exact circumstances of their deaths was not yet known. According to the BBC, A BBC correspondent found corpses of men, women and children… Continue reading
Aug 26 Hurricane Irene Swipes Carolinas, Parts of New York City Under Mandatory Evacuation Orders By News Desk 3:25 p.m. ET | Hurricane Irene began sweeping past North and South Carolina Friday afternoon, lashing the coastline with heavy rain and wind. With winds of 39 miles per hour, there were reports of downed power lines and thousands… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch Hunt for Gadhafi Intensifies, New Battles Rage in Tripoli Gunfire and explosions hammered parts of Libya's capital on Thursday as rebels swept through neighborhoods in search of Moammar Gadhafi. International Television News' James Mates and Lindsey Hilsum report from Tripoli, where the fighting of this civil war has intensified. Continue watching
Aug 25 Intense Fighting in Tripoli, Gadhafi Manhunt Continues By News Desk Rebel fighters patrol the streets in a neighborhood south of the capital Tripoli on August 25, 2011. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. 5:10 p.m. ET | The United States and South Africa have reached a deal that would pave the… Continue reading
Aug 25 Hurricane Irene Strengthening, Va., N.J., N.Y. and N.C. Declare States of Emergency By News Desk Track the path of Hurricane Irene: See the storm surge probabilities on a map 4:30 p.m. ET | New York governor Andrew Cuomo has also declared a state of emergency, and local officials are considering the… Continue reading
Aug 25 'Long-term' Needs Grow in Horn of Africa as Drought Shows No Signs of Abating By Larisa Epatko Many in East Africa, still suffering from drought and hunger, are streaming into refugee camps as other countries try to close a $1.1 billion shortfall in needed funding for relief supplies. Continue reading
Aug 25 Gadhafi, Kaddafi or Gathafi? Libyan Leader's Name Game Gets a New Twist There are dozens of different spellings of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's name used by news organizations and governments alike. Search "Gadhafi" on Google and you'll receive 23,300,000 results, while a search for "Gaddafi" (a mere one letter difference) will… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Libyans Show 'Best of Humanity' in Aiding Journalists' Escape From Hotel Dozens of journalists were finally allowed to leave the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli Wednesday after being trapped for several days under the control of forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. International Television News' John Ray, who was among the journalists being… Continue watching