• Iraqi Chaldeans Leader Grateful for U.S. Government Decision to Fight ISIS, Rescue Yazidi Refugees

  Mark Arabo, a national spokesperson for Iraqi Chaldeans living in California, says his group is thankful for Obama's decision to provide humanitarian aid to minorities stranded in Iraq and to allow airstrikes against Sunni militants in the country.

  

• Mark Driscoll Dismissed from Acts 29 Network, Lifeway Pulls Books at 180 Stores

  Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll remains embroiled in controversy, as the church-planting group Acts 29 has booted Driscoll from the network and popular Christian bookstore LifeWay announced it will no longer sell his books.

  

• 20,000 Yazidis, Christians Saved, Dozens of ISIS Militants Killed by U.S. Military

  A rescue effort has freed 20,000 of the Yazidi refugees trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq and surrounded by ISIS forces, and 61 ISIS fighters have been killed due to American airstrikes as of Sunday.

  

• Mother of Slain Missouri Teen Mike Brown's Shooting by Police Calls for Riots, Looting to Stop

  Several businesses were looted and cars vandalized following a candlelight vigil commemorating 18 year old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a police officer. Brown's mother has called for the riots to stop, calling them "disrespectful" to her son's memory.

  

• World Health Organization: Ebola Virus Outbreak Is a 'Public Emergency"

  The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of Ebola to be a international public health emergency that requires "extraordinary response" to stop its spread. The disease has a 99% mortality rate and has killed 932 people thus far in several Western African countries.