News Headlines - 11 February 2015

▽White House asking authorization for military to fight Islamic State - Stripes

The White House circulated a proposal Tuesday to authorize the Pentagon to fight Islamic State terrorists without an "enduring offensive combat" role, an ambiguous phrase designed to satisfy lawmakers with widely varying views on the need for U.S. ground operations.

▽BBC News - Yemen crisis: US, UK and France close Sanaa embassies

The US, UK and France are closing their embassies in Yemen due to the deteriorating security situation and political crisis in the country.

▽Brian Williams suspended from NBC News for 6 months without pay - Stripes

NBC has suspended Nightly News anchor Brian Williams for six months without pay for fabricating stories about his time in Iraq and elsewhere, the network announced late Tuesday.

▽BBC News - Mediterranean sinking kills 200 migrants bound for Europe

More than 200 migrants are dead after the motorboats they were travelling on sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the UN's refugee agency says.

▽Malaysia court upholds sodomy conviction against opposition leader - CNN.com

Malaysia's top court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on the charge of sodomizing a former political aide, prompting criticism from human rights activists.