Aljazeera.comSaving KobaneAljazeera.comOn August 7, US President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes to stop the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Iraqi Kurdistan's regional capital, Erbil. For many Kurds, the airstrikes underscored what they felt has been a genuine …Turkey Has Been Consistent, Just …
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Lawmaker’s costly swearing-in bash busts tradition
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two-thousand guests have been invited to an expensive soiree Wednesday to celebrate the swearing-in of the first Latino to head the California Senate in more than a century.
Syria-Iraq fight gets a name: ‘Inherent Resolve’
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's less punchy than previous nicknames for U.S. conflicts in the Middle East — remember Operation Desert Storm and its thunderous attacks against Saddam Hussein? — but the Pentagon has finally named its fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria: Operation Inherent Resolve.
Philippines police file charges against U.S. Marine in murder case
MANILA (Reuters) – Police in the Philippines filed murder charges on Wednesday against a U.S. Marine over the death of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar outside the former U.S. naval base of Subic Bay. The Philippine government also wants to take custody of Private First Class …
‘Praying for justice’: Detroit residents speak up in historic bankruptcy
By Peter Suciu DETROIT (Reuters) – Ordinary Detroit residents sounded off with passion and anger on Wednesday as they gave a federal judge their views on the city's plan to exit its historic municipal bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes began a hearing on Sept. 2 to determine if Detroit'…
How A California Man Was Forced To Spend 100 Days In Prison For Being An Atheist
CREDIT: Shutterstock Barry Hazle is an atheist who was incarcerated for a year due to a drug charge before he was released on parole. As a condition of his parole, however, Hazle was required to attend a 90-day residential drug treatment program. Although Hazle did not object to attending such…