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Displaced families from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence.

US Begins Air Drops to Help Iraqi Refugees

United States President Barack Obama is considering launching an airstrike against the Islamic militants in Northern Iraq and sending humanitarian air drops to those who were besieged.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin

Putin Fights Sanction, Intervenes With Ukraine Clash

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned agricultural products going to the countries that imposed a sanction on Russia as a form of retaliation.

United States Investigations Services (USIS) headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia

Cyber Attack Targets Homeland Security Contractor, Government Employee Data Likely Stolen

The website of a major contractor for the Department of Homeland Security was hacked on Wednesday and reports said that information of U.S. government employees may have been compromised.

Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan poses with representatives of nomadic Turkish groups in Ankara August 6, 2014.

Turkey PM Erdogan Says Being Called Armenian Is “Ugly”

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under fire after saying in an interview on Wednesday that being called Armenian was ugly.

Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus

US Allows Overseas Use of Pentagon-Developed Ebola Test

United States health officials have announced on Wednesday that they have authorized the use of an Ebola test developed by the Pentagon.

Kurdish

Iraq Airstrike Kills 60 in Mosul

The Iraqi army has launched an airstrike that killed 60 Islamic militants in the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama

Obama To Sign US$16.3 Billion Bill for VA Healthcare Convenience

United States President Barack Obama will sign a $16.3 billion bill for the Veterans Affairs facilities on Thursday to improve problems of health care delays.

Palestinians sit amid the ruins of destroyed homes in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in Gaza City. .

Gaza Ceasefire Enters Second Day, Extension Talks Ongoing

A temporary truce in the Gaza strip entered its second day on Wednesday and Israel said it might be ready to extend the ceasefire.

Virus

Ebola Virus Reaches Nigeria, Suspected Ebola Victim Dies In Saudi Arabia

African authorities revealed on Wednesday that a Nigerian nurse is dead after contracting the Ebola virus.

Demonstrators hold placards during a candlelight vigil to mark the first death anniversary of the Delhi gang rape victim in New Delhi.

Indian Girl Cuts Off Man's Penis After He Attempts to Rape Her

An Indian teenager girl cut off the penis of the man who allegedly tried to rape her for the second time.

Students walk out of Samsung Electronics' headquarters

Samsung To Do Less Business With Chinese Supplier After Child Labor Issues Surface

Samsung Electronics said it will make fewer orders with its China-based supplier after finding out the supplier employed child workers.

No Beards

Xinjiang City bans Muslim Clothing and 'Large' Beards on Buses

A city in Xinjiang has banned people wearing Muslim clothing or those sporting long beards from boarding public buses, mainland media reported.

Matthew Durham

Missionary Teen Accused of Raping and Molesting Orphans in Kenya to Remain in Custody

An Oklahoma teen accused of raping and molesting Kenyan children was ordered on Tuesday to remain in custody.

Noah

Lost 6,500-Year-Old Skeleton named "Noah" Rediscovered After 84 Years

Someone misplaced the skeleton in a basement storage area.

Buses Collide on Times Square

Times Square Bus Collision Leaves More Than 13 Injured

More than 13 people were injured after a pair of double-decker buses collided in Manhattan’s Times Square on Tuesday.

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