Obama notifies Congress of ordering air strikes in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday formally notified Congress that he had authorized targeted air strikes in Iraq to help deliver a humanitarian aid to the besieged Shi'ite town of Amerli, the White House said in a statement.
UN Human Rights Council to send mission to Iraq to probe IS crimes
Geneva (AFP) - The UN Human Rights Council on Monday unanimously agreed to send an emergency mission to Iraq to investigate atrocities committed by Islamic State jihadists. The 47 members of the United Nations' top rights body accepted without a vote a ...
Aid flows into Iraq Shiite town after siege broken
BAGHDAD — Iraq's outgoing prime minister travelled to a small northern Shiite town Monday, praising its residents for fending off attacks by Sunni militants who had besieged them for more than two months until security forces backed by Iran-allied Shiite ...
Islamists in Iraq driving large-scale atrocities - U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Islamist fighters have carried out atrocities on "an unimaginable scale" in months of fighting with Iraqi forces, who have also killed detainees and shelled civilian areas, a U.N. official said on Monday. There is "strong evidence ...
