Kiev reports shelling newly arrived Russian force

By Natalia Zinets and Richard Balmforth

KIEV - Ukraine said its artillery partly destroyed a Russian armoured column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia.  Full Article 

Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq: officials 6:00pm EDT

BAGHDAD - Islamic State insurgents "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in a village in the country's north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on Friday.
Demonstrators protest outside of Greater St. Marks Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
U.S.

Officer in shooting unaware teen was a suspect

By Nick Carey

FERGUSON, Mo., - Minutes before a police officer shot him dead, Michael Brown had become a suspect in the theft of cigars from a store, according to police reports.  Full Article | Slideshow 

A man walks near a screen displaying a message on Ebola outside the local headquarters of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Abidjan August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Africa

African Ebola outbreak like 'wartime'

By Stephanie Nebehay and Clair Macdougall

GENEVA/MONROVIA - The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has created a "wartime" situation, including the threat of food shortages, and could take six months to bring under control.  Full Article 

A pedicab rides past a Shake Shack restaurant in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Deals

Shake Shack preparing for an IPO

By Olivia Oran and Greg Roumeliotis

Shake Shack, the fast-food restaurant chain famous for its hamburgers and milkshakes, is preparing to go public, seeking to tap stock market demand for popular casual dining companies.  Full Article 

Iraqi cleric Ahmed al-Safi, an aide of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, speaks as he delivers the text of a sermon by Sistani during Friday prayers at the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Kerbala August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed
Iraq

Iraqi Sunnis may join unity government

By Raheem Salman and Michael Georgy

BAGHDAD - Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq's Sunni heartland are willing under certain conditions to join a new government that hopes to contain sectarian bloodshed and an offensive by Islamic State militants.  Full Article | Video 

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Markets sink as Ukraine-Russia tensions heat up

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 Markets sink as Ukraine-Russia tensions heat up

Summary: Wall Street gave up gains but finished above the worst levels of the day after Ukraine said it destroyed Russian trucks that crossed into its territory. Monster hits lifetime high as Coke buys in. Conway G. Gittens reports.

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A 2013 Morgan 3 Wheeler is displayed during the Carmel Mission Classic car show in Carmel, California, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Fiala

Babies, cars and the cost of divorce

Thailand deals with high demand for surrogate babies, an Oklahoma billionaire faces a huge divorce and ways to save on college textbooks. Arlene Getz highlights the stories you may have missed.  Full Article 

Data Dive

A general view is seen of the new Bajed Kadal refugee camp, south west of Dohuk, where displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect are staying after fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)

Mapping Iraq’s displaced

Reuters Graphics maps the swelling number of Iraq’s uprooted.  See the map 

Opinion

A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

If you must quote anonymous sources, make sure they say something!

By Jack Shafer
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the party headquarters in Ankara August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Do autocrats and strong economies go hand in hand?

By Edward Hadas

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Tourists make a "selfie" picture in front of padlocks clipped by lovers on the Pont des Arts over the River Seine in Paris February 13, 2014 on the eve of Valentine's Day. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Say I love you with a selfie, begs Paris

After a section of the Paris Pont des Arts Bridge collapsed earlier this year, authorities are urging visitors to take a selfie instead.  Video