iHLS Worldwide News – Keeping You In the Loop
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- Syria conflict: Islamic State seizes Tabqa airbase. Fighters from Islamic State (IS) have taken control of a key Syrian government airbase, activists say. The Tabqa airbase was the last remaining stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Raqqa province.
- Iran said on Sunday it had shot down an Israeli spy drone that was heading for its Natanz nuclear enrichment site. The downed aircraft was of the stealth, radar-evasive type and it intended to penetrate the off-limits nuclear area in Natanz and was targeted by a ground-to-air missile.
- Congo’s health minister says two Ebola deaths have been confirmed in the Central African country. On Sunday, two of eight samples from the northwest Equator province came back positive for the deadly disease.
- Northern California’s earthquake was the strongest in 25 years. The strongest earthquake in 25 years in Northern California struck early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings in downtown Napa and turning fireplaces into rubble. The 6.0-magnitude quake struck just six miles southwest of Napa, California’s famed wine country.
- Australia’s overseas spy chief reappointed for another five years. The federal government has reappointed Nick Warner as the head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, or ASIS.
- There are a lot of potential clues as to the identity of the ISIS killer of American photojournalist James Foley. CNN says some of the clues are the killer’s voice, his distinct London-accent, his eyes, his skin and left hand which were visible on the video, so it should be possible to estimate his height and weight. He is probably left-handed.
