Today's Takeaways: An Evolving Crisis in Iraq, A Tiny Town Seeks Nuclear Waste, and Putin's Path
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter poses for a picture on the front line in Makhmur, about 175 miles north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants. August 9, 2014
( SAFIN HAMED/AFP / Getty )
( SAFIN HAMED/AFP / Getty )
