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People in the Syrian city of Tabqa toured the streets in celebration after Islamic State militants took over a government air base nearby on August 24, 2014.
Conflict
Washington is talking tough on ISIS, but its plans for intervention don’t seem to measure up
American journalist Peter Theo Curtis is shown in this undated still frame taken from video courtesy of Al Jazeera on August 24, 2014.
Media
A ‘fearless’ American writer is freed from captivity in Syria
Sir Richard Attenborough
Culture
Director and actor Richard Attenborough saw film as a powerful vehicle for change
Members of the Islamist Syrian rebel group, Jabhat al-Nusra, pose on top a tank in northern Syria earlier this year.
Conflict
In Syria, the Nusra Front tries to distinguish itself from the Islamic State
A Chinese J-11 fighter jet is seen flying near a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon about 215 km (135 miles) east of China's Hainan Island in this U.S. Department of Defense handout photo taken August 19, 2014.
Conflict
US and Chinese warplanes risk a mid-air collision — and an international incident
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for August 25, 2014
A class of young Mormon missionaries
Belief
Mormon women are flocking to the mission, but inequalities remain
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard
Sports
A rising tennis star in Canada — Eugenie Bouchard is looking for a Grand Slam win at the US Open