LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – The British government told its citizens to leave parts of Iraqi Kurdistan, including the regional capital Arbil, on Friday as the sweeping advance of Islamist militants brought them closer to Kurdish territory. The government said
Aug 8 (Reuters) – The world’s worst Ebola outbreak, which has already affected four countries in West Africa, is likely to get worse in the coming months, the World Health Organization said on Friday. “The likelihood is that things will
DENVER (AP) — The Chicago Cubs’ future looks bright even if their present is a little disappointing. Rookie Javier Baez hit two more homers and drove in four runs, leading Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization on Friday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread. It is the largest and longest outbreak ever
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday expressed his deep concern about the situation in Iraq and welcomed US President Barack Obama’s decision to authorise air strikes against extremists. But a spokesman for Cameron’s Downing Street office said Britain, which
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of NATO called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border and warned further intervention in Ukraine would bring it greater isolation in the
This article originally appeared in The Daily Beast: At an emergency hearing Thursday, leaders of the fight against Ebola gave updates on the situation in Africa and the future of the deadly disease’s possible spread. At an emergency hearing in
(AFP) Ebola’s spread to the United States is “inevitable” due to the nature of global airline travel, but any outbreak is not likely to be large, US health authorities said Thursday. Already one man with dual US-Liberian citizenship has died
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Maybe Tiger Woods should have stayed at home. Looking much like a guy who could barely bend over last weekend, Woods sprayed shots all over Valhalla and faced a daunting deficit at the PGA Championship before
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The biggest schools in college sports are about to get a chance to make their own rules. The NCAA Board of Directors voted 16-2 on Thursday to approve a historic package of changes that allows the five
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Walsh of Montana is dropping his campaign for office amid allegations that he plagiarized large portions of a 2007 research project he wrote for a master’s degree, a Democrat close to the former
Some celebrities, including Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, have come down harshly on Israel for fighting back against a rain of rockets launched by Hamas in recent weeks. The cast and crew of Dig, a new series from USA Network,
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is now holding a special subcommittee hearing on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa. Members of the committee interrupted their August recess to hold a hearing on the critical issue hearing important testimony from disease
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kabul on Thursday to pressure feuding presidential candidates to resolve the disputed election result that risks triggering instability as NATO troops withdraw. Allegations of massive fraud in Afghanistan’s June election tipped the
GAZA CITY, Gaza City (AP) — A senior Hamas official told supporters at a Gaza City rally on Thursday that the war with Israel won’t be over until the group’s demands for a lifting of the Gaza blockade are met,
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — They were leaders of Cambodia’s infamous Khmer Rouge, the fanatical communist movement behind a 1970s reign of terror that transformed this entire Southeast Asian nation into a ruthless slave state — a place where cities
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Landon Donovan celebrated the winning goal in his 14th All-Star game by grasping the MLS badge on his jersey before he was swarmed by his teammates. Take that, Bayern Munich. Donovan dribbled the ball at the
ISTANBUL (AP) — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the unquestionable front-runner in Turkey’s first direct presidential election on Sunday. And critics accuse him of using his position as premier to make the contest even more lopsided. Erdogan, a skilled
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is considering selling its oil refining and distribution network in the U.S. amid a worsening economic crisis. Analysts say the proposed sale reflects the socialist government’s urgent cash shortage. Last week, state-owned parent company Petroleos
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government tightened control over popular instant messaging services Thursday after telling South Korea access to some foreign services was blocked because they were used to exchange terrorism-related information. The government announced that only established media companies
(AFP) Boko Haram-linked militants killed 10 people including a soldier on Wednesday in a remote town in northern Cameroon near the border with Nigeria, a paramilitary police official said.
This article originally appeared at BBC: Liberian soldiers have set up a blockade stopping people from western regions affected by the Ebola outbreak from entering the capital, Monrovia. It follows the president’s declaration of a state of emergency to tackle
FREETOWN/MONROVIA (Reuters) – Police and soldiers in Sierra Leone blockaded rural areas hit by the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday, a senior officer said, after neighboring Liberia declared a state of emergency to tackle the worst-ever outbreak of the disease,
(AFP) Jihadist militants took over Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian town, and surrounding areas when Kurdish troops withdrew overnight, fleeing residents and Christian clerics said on Thursday. Several residents contacted by AFP confirmed that the entire area in northern Iraq, home
(Reuters) – A tourist seeking to take pictures of Yellowstone National Park crashed a camera-equipped drone into its largest hot spring, possibly damaging the prized geothermal feature, a park official said on Wednesday. The incident follows the crash earlier this
