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US mulls 'all options' as militants move nearer Baghdad
AFP, Published on 12/06/2014
» Jihadists moved nearer to Baghdad Thursday after capturing a town just hours to the north, as President Barack Obama said Washington was exploring all options to save Iraq's security forces from collapse.
Iraq militants move nearer Baghdad in lightning offensive
AFP, Published on 11/06/2014
» Militants seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday but security forces thwarted an assault on Samarra, as a lightning jihadist offensive launched in second city Mosul swept closer to Baghdad.
Half a million flee Iraq's Mosul as jihadists tighten grip
AFP, Published on 11/06/2014
» Half a million people were estimated Wednesday to have fled Iraq's second city of Mosul, as Islamist militants tightened their grip after overrunning it and a swathe of other territory.
Google buys satellite imaging firm
AFP, Published on 11/06/2014
» Google announced plans Tuesday to buy the satellite group Skybox Imaging for $500 million, in a move to improve mapping and other services using geospatial data.
Jihadists seize Iraq's second city
AFP, Published on 10/06/2014
» Jihadists overran Iraq's second city of Mosul and a string of Sunni Arab northern towns on Tuesday in a spectacular blow against the Shiite-led government that Washington warned threatens the entire region.
Ending warzone rape is duty of our time
News, Published on 10/06/2014
» Imagine witnessing a member of your family taken from your home by armed men and raped, or sold into sexual slavery, or imprisoned and tortured sexually.
Another Philippine journalist murdered
AFP, Published on 09/06/2014
» A radio broadcaster was shot dead in the Philippines Monday, police said, the third journalist in just over a month to be murdered in one of the most dangerous countries for media workers.
A business guide to war and peace
News, Published on 09/06/2014
» Stories of conflict fill today’s headlines: whether it is Syria’s civil war, street battles in Ukraine, terrorism in Nigeria, or police crackdowns in Brazil, the gruesome immediacy of violence is all too apparent. But, while commentators debate geostrategic considerations, deterrence, ethnic strife, and the plight of ordinary people caught in the middle, dispassionate discussion of another, vital aspect of conflict — its economic cost — is rare.
Clashes in northern Iraq kill 59 as police battle militants
AFP, Published on 07/06/2014
» Clashes between Iraqi security forces and militants killed 59 people in Mosul on Saturday, as heavy fighting in the northern city entered its second day, officials said.
Jihadists seize hostages on Iraq campus, sparking battle
AFP, Published on 07/06/2014
» Jihadists took hundreds of students and staff hostage at a university in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Saturday, sparking an assault led by special forces in which they were freed, officials said.