Continue reading the main story Is America behind the creation of the Islamic State? The BBC's Suzanne Kianpour, in Beirut, ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Jewish group asks France to rename 'Death to Jews' hamlet
Lobbyists tried unsuccessfully to get La Mort aux Juifs renamed twenty years ago Continue reading the main story A prominent Jewis...
Thousands of Yazidis 'still trapped' on Iraq mountain
Tens of thousands of civilians remain trapped by militants on a mountain in northern Iraq and need "life-saving assistance", the...
Game of Thrones creator says critics should be more worried about violence than sex
George R R Martin says he is "astonished" at critics preoccupation with nudity but not brutal violence in hit TV series and boo...
Robin Williams, actor and comedian, found dead at 63
US actor and comedian Robin Williams has been found dead, aged 63, in an apparent suicide. Marin County Police in California said he was...
Monday, August 11, 2014
Iran bans permanent contraception to boost population growth
Parliament prohibits vasectomies and other lasting birth control measures after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls for more babies A...
Official: Major Iraq air effort needs ground troops
U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, which continued Sunday with an attack on a convoy of vehicles operated by Islamic militants, could conti...
6 things we learned about new 'Call of Duty' multiplayer
The first thing most fans of Activision first-person shooter Call of Duty ask when a new version of the game is announced is what...
First Take: When foreign friends become foes
We have seen this movie before, and it does not have a happy ending: The U.S. government lends its support and trust to the political le...
Ethical questions emerge over who gets Ebola drug
MADRID (AP) — In a development that raises a host of ethical issues, Spain announced it had obtained a scarce U.S.-made experimental ...
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