Citing need to protect American personnel and help innocent people, US president announces decision to launch airstrikes in Iraq.
International Cat Day on 8 August 2014 celebrates felines across the globe.
8 August marks the International Day of the Female Orgasm in Brazil to raise awareness of sexuality
Thousands believed dead or starving in mountains as Islamic State advance.
Hamas vows to resume rocket attacks unless the Gaza blockade is lifted.
The 17-year-old was arrested after claiming there was a bomb under a taxi outside the MGM Grand Hotel.
IB Times UK profiles the tragic 'restart' of Cambodian society under the Khmer Rouge
CDC says there are virtually no doses available of experimental drug Ebola drug.
Adriana breaks down in tears on Radio Globo - but insists she's sticking with her man.
France calls US Security Council emergency meeting over jihadist advance in Iraq.
World's richest monarch, 86, admitted to hospital today sparking fears of throne 'power vacuum'.
Raudhatul Jannah and her brother were swept into the Indian Ocean 10 years ago.
Protesters set fire to heaps of tyres and clash with armed riot police on the Maidan.
United Nations warns the scale of humanitarian operations in South Sudan is largest in any country.
Aliyev engages in Twitter war barrage against Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
French government considers banning far-right Jewish group amid communal tensions.
Getty Images photographer Kevin Frayer visited Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur people.
US think tank claim satellite images show increased activity at the secretive state's Yongbyon nuclear site
The two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Israeli PM asks Congressmen to use powers to help Israeli officials avoid trial at ICC.
30,000 Iraqi Yazidis are trapped and starving in Sinjar mountains after escaping jihadists.
Qassam Brigades say militants rescued from tunnel collapsed at start of Protective Edge.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution captures film of great white shark's bite using REMUS SharkCam.
Gwoza residents flee town as up to 100 killed by Islamic militants
A refugee from Ukraine's brutal crossfire tells his story of armageddon.
Photos show California wildfires that have burned over 100,000 acres in just a few days.
New research suggests that some care providers could be manipulating the Medicare system to make money
Total economic cost of Gaza offensive could reach more than $4bn for Israel, $6bn for Gaza.
Small plane that crashed earlier this year discovered near Cape Barrier, New Zealand.
Qaraqosh falls into jihadists' hands forcing Christians to flee to Kurdistan.