CAIRO-The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting on Iraq, where Islamic extremists seized more northern territory Thursday. The United States is also working to sendhumanitarian assistance to the war zone, but senior officials say no American military action in Iraq is under consideration. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the latest fighting, […]
WHITE HOUSE-President Barack Obama says America “is coming to help” thousands of Iraqis who are trapped and threatened by Islamist militants, and has authorized air strikes and humanitarian flights over northern Iraq. President Obama spoke hours after U.S. military aircraft dropped relief supplies to help thousands of Iraqis stranded on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar without food […]
Lawyer for freed prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, Eugene Fidell said on Tuesday that the military will be questioning his client about the circumstances of his capture by the Taliban. Fidell did not say what he will say to the questioning officer, Major General Kenneth Dahl, but did say that Bergdahl will cooperate with the […]
A North Carolina couple pleaded guilty for leading a Costa Rican sweepstakes fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans.Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina made the announcement.Jessica Anne Brown, 39, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded […]