Iraq Crisis: TheUS has dropped 500-pound bombs on Sunni militant positions outside Erbil to stop ISIS forces from threatening American diplomats and military advisers and to protect a population of Christians that could be the target of genocide.   Navy jets …

Ukraine: The US says Russia has been firing artillery across the Ukraine border to support pro-Russian rebels and that Russia is moving to ship heavier weapons to the rebels. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, “We have new evidence that …