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New online tools are launching in time for this Memorial Day to assist veterans hunting for jobs in the private sector.According to White House statistics, there are currently more than one million unemployed veterans and an additional million are expected to leave military service over the next three years. Many will feel thrust into an entirely different world, without the relationships or knowledge to help them navigate their way to a new job.Many companies find talent and recruit through social media channels; two new online tools hope to give veterans the social media presence that will ensure they too are considered for these job opportunities.Military Career Coach Military Career Coach is an online tool developed by Accenture and LinkedIn to help veterans with resume development, job searching, interviewing and building an online profile.[sidebar]Launched this week, the app is designed to help educate veterans utilize social media in their job searches.The tool also offers instr...
Five car bombs struck in predominantly Shiite cities and districts in central and southern Iraq on Monday, killing 36 people and wounding dozens in the latest wave o...
Iraqi authorities announced Sunday that they had revoked the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other satellite TV channels, alleging tha...
The instances in which chemical weapons are alleged to have been used in Syria were purportedly small in scale: nothing along the lines of Saddam Hussein's 1988 atta...
As clashes this week raise fears of a destabilizing new eruption of sectarian fighting in Iraq, a shadowy militant group linked to the top fugitive from Saddam Husse...
Many of Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority held a day of civil disobedience on Monday to protest what they see as discrimination by the Shiite-led government.Many schools,...
The blasts that struck the Boston Marathon on Monday were shocking not only for their brazenness and the lives they shattered, but also because attacks like this usu...
Iraqi officials said seven people were killed in attacks in the capital and in the western city of Fallujah on Sunday, including a mosque preacher who was gunned dow...
Iraqi officials say gunmen killed an imam and two others outside a sweets shop in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.A police officer said the assailants gunned down the pre...
BAGHDAD (AP) — For a few hours last week, a part of Fallujah was a flashback to the depths of the Iraq war when insurgents ruled the city and its streets were shooti...
Troops prepare for withdrawal from Fallujah camp
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a raid on the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah Wednesday, killing at least six people in the second incident thi...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Three car bombs tore through Baghdad and the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah Sunday, killing at least 36 people. The blasts in the capital wer...
Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, ...
At least eight people were killed and nearly 40 were wounded in separate attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.The first attack took place early in the mo...
Iraqi officials say a shooting and two car bombs have killed four people and wounded 26 in the western and northern parts of the country.Police officials say the dea...
A bombing at a Sunni mosque near Baghdad on Friday killed three worshippers and wounded seven others, police said, reflecting rising sectarian tensions across Iraq.I...
Clashes erupted in northern Iraq when security forces raided a rally site used by Sunni demonstrators early on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozen...
Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 36 and wounding more than 200, accordi...
A series of attacks in Iraq on Sunday killed 10 people, including a Sunni candidate running in the upcoming provincial elections.The attacks against security forces ...