Tagged with "Isis"

One Bosnian woman's prayer for understanding in the wake of the Paris attacks.

It's Friday and Fidel Castro was awarded the Confucius Peace Prize this week. So ask yourself, what else did I miss?

Take a break from another miserable Monday to read today's terrifying headlines from around the world: the U.S. continues nuclear talks with Iran, a fatal police shooting shocks Cleveland, and a young man from Philly is named a Rhodes Scholar. As always, we've got you covered. 

No love for Putin at the G20 summit, but that hasn't stopped him from stepping on toes worldwide. In the meantime, ISIS continues to behead innocent American aid workers, and Google raises a hefty sum of donations to fight Ebola in West Africa. Happy Monday, everybody, the world keeps spinning. 

It looks like President Obama is finally putting his executive powers to use in the matter of immigration laws, and while that's all well and good, it seems that our military officials are considering a ground force intervention in Iraq. Otherwise, global climate change continues to be a hot issue worldwide, and at home Tom Wolf is saying "no thank you" to gifts. The week's almost out, make sure you're still in the loop.

Angela Merkel ruminates over lessons learned from the fall of the Berlin Wall, while Kurdish fighters attempt to keep ISIS at bay in Syria. At home, a new contract for Philadelphia transit employees, and a visit to Erie Insurance from a few Japanese executives. It's Monday again, and we've got you covered. 

The Islamic State is moving toward Baghdad, so it's time for the U.S. to join a conversation that's been going on without it for several month.

Should the U.S. increase its efforts in the fight against ISIS?

The media's coverage of ISIS and what it means to our notion of "terror"

Erie Man Returns to Troubled Homeland to Document Crisis

Gannon University's Carolyn Baugh explains origins, aims of ISIS and how it factors into the upheaval in Iraq