Kurdish Fighters Roll Toward Sinjar In Battle To Retake Strategic Iraqi Town
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with BuzzFeed photographer Ayman Oghanna about Kurdish fighters' efforts to retake Sinjar, Iraq, from ISIS.
Middle East
More Than 40 Reportedly Killed As Bombs Hit Hezbollah Area In Beirut
The self-declared Islamic State has purportedly claimed responsibility for two blasts on a busy street. Lebanon's Health Ministry says the attack killed at least 40 people and injured 239 more.
Kurdish Forces In Iraq Begin Offensive To Retake Sinjar From ISIS
Iraqi Kurdish fighters, with support from US troops and warplanes, have begun an offensive in northern Iraq aimed at recapturing a key area west of the city of Mosul, severing the link with northern Syria. ISIS says it will fight to the last man. The latest on the ongoing operation and its significance in the wider war against the Islamic State.
Egyptian Souvenir Shop Struggles To Stay Open During Air Crash Probe
Egypt says its already weak tourism industry will take big hits if the crash of a Russian jet there scares off Russian visitors. And one Egyptian talks about trying to make it in the tourism business.
Egypt's Investigation Into Russian Airliner Crash Shrouded In Secrecy
Officials attempts to prevent press from talking to people at the Sharm el-Sheikh airport, and Egypt's reluctance to say a bomb could have caused the crash, raise concerns about its investigation.
U.S. Investigation Into Russian Airliner Crash Raises Possible ISIS Link
U.S. officials haven't determined why Metrojet Flight 9268 went down near Sharm el-Sheikh, but their working theory is an airport employee may have helped a terrorist group get a bomb on the plane.
Protesters Flood Kabul Streets After Beheading Of 7 Afghan Hazaras
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Mujib Mashal, a reporter with The New York Times, about the beheadings of civilians from the Hazara ethnic minority, possibly by ISIS-linked militants.
Thousands Of Afghans March In Kabul, Demanding Justice For 7 Shiites Killed
Demonstrators took to the streets in the Afghan capital on Wednesday to protest the killings of seven members of an ethnic minority group by Islamist militants.
Activists In Raqqa, Syria, Use Social Media To Document ISIS Violence
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to the director and co-founder of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a group of activists who use social media to document atrocities committed by ISIS.
Normally Peaceful Jordan Shaken After Police Officer Kills 5 People
At least five people, including two Americans, were killed when a Jordanian police officer opened fire at a training center near the capital city of Amman. Jordan is an ally in the fight against ISIS.