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Sunday, June 22, 2014

F1: Rosberg wins Hamilton battle

Inside the Red Bull Ring -- home to the returning Austrian Grand Prix -- Mercedes toreadors Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were effectively left to slog it out by their peers in Sunday's race.



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Answering your questions about crisis

CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson and producer Victoria Eastwood answer readers' questions about what they are seeing on the ground in Baghdad, how Iraqis feel about this latest turn of events, what the future might hold -- and the challenges of reporting from a country once again embroiled in crisis.



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How ISIS wins hearts

A man who fled from Mosul, Iraq, shows Arwa Damon video that provides a glimpse into how ISIS is winning over people.



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'Running out of places to screw up'

Scott Anderson says the crises in Iraq and Syria are laying bare a phenomenon that has been under way for some time -- and that the Middle East's border will never be the same again.



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Sri Lanka violence shocks Muslims

In the areas surrounding the southwest Sri Lankan town of Aluthgama, an idyllic coastal settlement popular with tourists, Muslims and Buddhists have lived side by side peacefully for generations.



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Why Redskins decision is wrong

The Washington Redskins find themselves under (deserved) fire for their name, which many Native Americans and others find to be a racial slur. Previously the target of protests and opprobrium, the Redskins have now lost their federal trademark registration for the name, as it was deemed too disparaging to remain protected. There are two issue to consider here: one is technical and the other is one we should all find troubling.



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Canada helicopter jailbreakers nabbed

Remember those three Canadian prisoners who flew to freedom a few weeks ago aboard a helicopter that swooped in to pluck them from the courtyard of the jail where they were being held?



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