About 30 countries have pledged to support Iraq in its fight against Islamic State militants by “all means necessary” including military aid. In a statement following a Monday conference in Paris on the crisis, diplomats said aid should come in line with “needs expressed by the Iraqi authorities, in accordance with international law and without […]
The U.N. Security Council has condemned the beheading of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State militants, calling it a “heinous and cowardly murder.” The Islamic State group posted a video Saturday showing the killing in the same manner as those depicting the beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. The Security […]
A subsidiary of U.S. technology giant Hewlett-Packard was hit with a multi-million-dollar fine Thursday for bribing Russian government officials. The company’s Russian division will have to pay $58.7 million after pleading guilty in a California court to violating U.S. anti-bribery and accounting laws. HP Russia admitted to paying off government officials to secure a $45 […]
More than 100 angry relatives of Iraqi soldiers who were abducted by Islamic State militants in June have stormed the country’s parliament. The crowd, mostly from Iraq’s Shi’ite majority, smashed some equipment, assaulted at least two staff members they mistook for lawmakers and were refusing to leave the building, said officials inside. “They were ready […]