U.N. council condemns slaying of journalist
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council condemned the “heinous and cowardly” killing of American journalist James Foley and said the Islamic State militant group “must be defeated.”
In a statement, the council called the killing “a tragic reminder of the increasing dangers journalists face every day in Syria.”
“It once again demonstrates the brutality of ISIL, which is responsible for thousands of abuses against the Syrian and Iraqi people,” the council said, using one of the acronyms by which the Islamic State militants are known.
“The members of the Security Council stressed that ISIL must be defeated and that the intolerance, violence and hatred it espouses must be stamped out,” the council said.
New cases of Ebola reported in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria – Two alarming new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria, widening the circle of people sickened beyond the immediate group of caregivers who treated a dying airline passenger in one of Africa’s largest cities.
The two new cases were infected by their spouses, both medical workers who had direct contact with Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, who flew into Nigeria from Liberia and Togo and infected 11 others before he died in July.
The male and female caregivers also then died of Ebola, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said Friday.
Scores die in attack at mosque in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Gunmen attacked a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers and killed at least 64 people, prompting Sunni lawmakers to withdraw from talks on forming a more inclusive government capable of confronting the Islamic extremists who have overrun large swaths of Iraq.
It was not immediately clear if the attack was carried out by Shiite militiamen or insurgents of the Islamic State, who have been known to kill fellow Sunni Muslims who refuse to submit to their harsh interpretation of Islamic law.
Associated Press
