Tessa Stuart
Contributor
war and conflict
Nurse Describes 'Unspeakable' Horror as Bombs Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital
A nurse at the trauma center in northern Afghanistan remembers “patients, wounded, crying out, everywhere,” as the bombs fell, killing several of his colleagues.
Tessa Stuart
10.3.15
war and conflict
19 Dead After Apparent US Airstrike Hits MSF Hospital in Afghanistan
Doctors Without Borders says 37 people were seriously wounded in a preventable bombing at a hospital in Kunduz that was full of staff and patients.
Tessa Stuart
10.3.15
Europe
Footage Shows Gunman Hogtied After Americans Thwart Attack on French Train
Three Americans, including two US service members, came to the rescue after a man armed with an AK-47 attempted to attack a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.
Tessa Stuart
8.22.15
middle east
One Palestinian Dead in Clashes with IDF After Arson Attack Kills Infant
The violence and demonstrations mark the most tumultuous period in months in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
Tessa Stuart
8.1.15
enduring freedom
New Taliban Leader Allegedly Disavows Peace Process in Audiotape
Mullah Muhammad Akhtar Mansoor dismisses reports of a peace process as "propaganda" and calls for unity among the Taliban, even as some of the group’s highest-ranking members dispute his ascension.
Tessa Stuart
8.1.15
Europe
French Protesters Try to Derail Beach Takeover by Saudi King and His Massive Entourage
Some locals in Nice are upset that King Salman has fenced off a beach for the exclusive use of his 1,000-member entourage.
Tessa Stuart
7.25.15
americas
'We Are Celebrating a Hero': Mourners Gather for Sandra Bland’s Funeral
With investigations into Bland’s death in a Texas jail cell still ongoing, friends and family gathered at a church in Illinois to pay their last respects.
Tessa Stuart
7.25.15
officer involved
Witness Says Man With Pistol Killed by LAPD 'Just Sat There, Waiting to be Shot'
Los Angeles police officers killed a man who was reportedly brandishing a handgun and firing shots into the air and ground along a busy street.
Tessa Stuart
7.25.15
war and conflict
Turkey Drops Bombs on Kurdish Group That Has Fought the Islamic State in Iraq
Turkish forces bombed camps belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a group that has been particularly effective at driving back the Islamic State.
Tessa Stuart
7.25.15
americas
In Photos: At the KKK's South Carolina Confederate Flag Rally
The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and the Black Educators for Justice squared off in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday.
Tessa Stuart
7.19.15
crime & drugs
Lethally Potent 'Fake Heroin' No Longer Enjoys a Legal Loophole
Said to be up to 15 times more powerful than heroin, acetyl fentanyl was named a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration Friday.
Tessa Stuart
7.18.15
middle east
Saudi Arabia Announces Arrest of 400 Alleged Islamic State Militants
A statement from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of the Interior said the arrests made during the past few weeks foiled a number of planned attacks.
Tessa Stuart
7.18.15
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