Rebecca Bellecci

An emergency evacuation mission for refugees in northern Iraq is "far less likely" after U.S. troops evaluated the area on Wednesday, the Pentagon reported.

A new employment review released by Apple, Inc. indicates the Silicon Valley-based tech company employs primarily white and Asian males for its U.S. tech jobs.

U.S. troops landed on a mountain in northern Iraq on Wednesday to possibly oversee the evacuation of thousands of religious minorities who are currently seeking refuge on the mountaintop after they were displaced by the Islamic State.

An Iraqi aid helicopter traveling to northern Iraq to help religious minorities stranded on Mount Sinjar reportedly crashed en route, killing the pilot and injuring passengers, some of whom were members of the Yazidi sect being evacuated from their homes, now controlled by the Islamic State.

Police in Marin County, California confirmed Tuesday that 63-year-old actor Robin Williams died Monday by asphyxiation after hanging. Marin County police officials announced at a press conference in San Rafael, California on Tuesday that Williams had been found by police in his Tiburon home, after his personal assistant had grown concerned when Williams did not respond to knocks on his bedroom door.

Militant members of the Islamic State are reportedly changing tactics in Iraq, making it difficult for U.S. airstrikes to hit artillery convoys and members of the jihadist group.

The children of Saeed Abedini, the American pastor currently jailed in Iran, have made a video pleading President Barack Obama to help free their father from Iranian prison as he serves his second year of an eight-year sentence.

In its push to conquer eastern Syria, the Islamic State jihadist group has reportedly beheaded two people and executed 23 others in the past five days, international media outlets report.

The U.S. launched its second round of airstrikes against Islamic militants late Friday, using drones and fighter jets to drop multiple bombs near the northern city of Irbil in Iraq.

Hemant Mehta, the blogger behind the well-known "Friendly Atheist" blog, has canceled a Kickstarter campaign that sought to raise funds for a book entitled God Is An Abusive Boyfriend (and you should break up).

The cremated remains of nine victims from the infamous 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown in Guyana have been discovered at a Delaware funeral home, Dover County officials announced Thursday.