News Wrap: Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
In our news wrap Tuesday, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes during the country's brutal civil war, authorities say at least six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles on a vessel and the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the Ebola outbreak there has now killed more than 2,000 people.
Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Syria for war crimes committed during the country's civil war, authorities announced. Six people were killed when Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired ballistic missiles at a vessel in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, threatening to reignite a civil war that has been under a tentative truce for four years.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported over 2,000 deaths from an Ebola outbreak, with the death toll doubling in just three weeks. Wildfires in British Columbia have forced over 20,000 people to flee their homes, leaving hillsides completely engulfed in flames. Stocks on Wall Street slipped further from their all-time highs, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 184 points and the Nasdaq dropping more than half a percent.
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