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Thousands of Iraqis fleeing Sunni extremists fled to the Kurdish city of Erbil, where they lined up here on June 12 at a checkpoint before entering.

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Extremists Leave A Violent Message In A Small Iraqi Town

10:49am July 21, 2014

by Leila Fadel

The Sunni town fought back when Sunni Muslim extremists from the Islamic State tried to impose their rule. The extremists leveled the town as a warning to Sunnis who won't accept their brutal rule.

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International Observers Work To Keep Tabs On Site Of Malaysia Jet Crash

8:30am July 21, 2014

by Corey Flintoff

At the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine, international observers are trying to keep tabs on the rebels' treatment of victims' bodies and potential evidence from the scene.

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Death Toll Climbs In Israel-Gaza Conflict Amid Attempts At Cease-Fire

8:09pm July 20, 2014

Israel widened its operation into Gaza Sunday and each side had the highest death toll of this two-week-old conflict. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem about this deadly day.

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The passenger jet had nearly 300 people aboard; none survived. A white ribbon tied to a stick indicates the presence of human remains at this region of the crash site, in Grabovka, Ukraine.

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Ukraine Accuses Rebels Of Destroying Evidence At MH17 Crash Site

11:45pm July 19, 2014

by Scott Neuman

U.S. and European officials worry that evidence pointing to the cause of the crash could be altered or removed, and that bodies exposed to the elements are beginning to decay.

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At Crash Site In Ukraine, Rebels Restrict International Monitors

6:18pm July 19, 2014

Separatist rebels at the site of the shot down Malaysia Airlines jet in Eastern Ukraine have been giving restricted access to international monitors Saturday. Corey Flintoff speaks with NPR's Kelly McEvers from Donetsk on the effort and the outcry over the slow pace of the body recovery and evidence gathering.

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Inspectors Struggle To Collect Evidence At MH17 Crash Site

12:11pm July 19, 2014

At the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed in eastern Ukraine, inspector Michael Bociurkiw says rebels have allowed some access, but the inspectors are hampered by a lack of equipment.

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Israel Intensifies Ground Operation In Gaza

11:45am July 19, 2014

International correspondent Ari Shapiro talks with NPR's Scott Simon from Jerusalem about about the second day of the Israeli military's ground operation of the Gaza Strip.

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A firefighter douses the smoldering wreckage of Flight MH17 on Thursday.

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Obama: Evidence MH17 Hit By Missile From Rebel-Held Area Of Ukraine

2:24am July 19, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The president says at least one U.S. citizen is among the nearly 300 people killed when the plane crashed in the eastern Donetsk region.

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Joep Lange led many early drug trials of HIV therapies and studied how to prevent HIV-positive pregnant women from transmitting the virus to their babies.

Joep Lange, Who Died On Flight MH17, Changed The Way We Fight AIDS

8:27pm July 18, 2014

by Nurith Aizenman

He was a passenger on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight. Those who knew researcher and activist Joep Lange say he was a giant in the battle against AIDS — and truly "a scientist with a heart."

Obama: U.S. Confident That Missile Came From Rebel-Held Region

7:54pm July 18, 2014

by Dina Temple-Raston

The U.S. says that evidence suggests the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was fired from separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports what is now known about the crash.

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