Tag: World

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2008, file photo, designer Oscar de la Renta is applauded after the presentation of his fall 2008 collection during Fashion Week in New York. The designer, who died Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, at 82, shaped American couture half a century ago when it emerged as a serious rival to European fashion designers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Fashion icon mourned in Dominican homeland

EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ · October 21, 2014 6:43 pm

A pilot climbs from a Canadian Air Force F-18 Hornet at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania Monday Oct. 20, 2014 . Two Canadian F-18 Hornet jets were scrambled from the Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania on Monday to intercept a Russian Ilyushin-20 surveillance aircraft, which they shadowed for some 15 minutes, NATO said. (AP Photo/Canadian Air Force, Cpl Gabrielle DesRochers)

National Security

NATO intercepts Russian jets over Baltic Sea

Matti Huuhtanen · October 21, 2014 6:37 pm

Women supporters of Pakistan's fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri wave party flags as they take part in an anti government rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Thousands of anti-government protestors led Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri rallied in Lahore demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ouster over alleged fraud in last year's election. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Anti-government cleric ends protest in Islamabad

Zarar Khan · October 21, 2014 6:14 pm

This frame grab from undated video uploaded by militants shows an Islamic State group militant looking through some items from a seized cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces. The weapons were meant to supply Kurdish militiamen battling the extremist group in the Syrian town of Kobani, near the border with Turkey, activists said Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. The video appeared authentic and corresponded to The Associated Press' reporting of the event. (AP Photo)

National Security

IS fighters seize weapons cache meant for Kurds

Diaa Hadid · October 21, 2014 6:07 pm

Oscar Pistorius, left front, greets his uncle Arnold Pistorius, right, and other family members as he is led out of court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Pistorius received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide by judge Thokozile Masipais for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool)

Pistorius sentencing: What it means

GERALD IMRAYCHRISTOPHER TORCHIA · October 21, 2014 5:41 pm

IAPA: press freedom deteriorating in the Americas

Washington Examiner · October 21, 2014 5:40 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, left, meets with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, at Tehran's Saadabad Palace on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Rouhani said Iran will stand by its neighbor Iraq in its fight against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State group and will continue to provide Baghdad with military advisers and weapons, according to a report by the official IRNA news agency. He also criticized the U.S. for allegedly failing to sufficiently support Iraq. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Iran president pledges to back Iraq amid attacks

NASSER KARIMISAMEER N. YACOUB · October 21, 2014 5:28 pm

FILE - This is an undated file image released on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014 by animal rights organization PACMA, of Teresa Romero, the nursing assistant who is infected with Ebola in Madrid, with her dog named Excalibur. Doctors say a second and conclusive test shows a Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola is completely clear of the virus. Jose Ramon Arribas of the Carlos III hospital said Tuesday the blood test showed Teresa Romero's immune system had eliminated the virus. Romero, 44, battled for her life after she tested positive Oct. 6 and was admitted to the Madrid hospital. (AP Photo / PACMA, File)

Spanish woman free of Ebola, final tests shows

CIARAN GILESALAN CLENDENNING · October 21, 2014 5:14 pm

Student leader Alex Chow, center, speaks along with other leaders, during a news conference after the talks with the Hong Kong government officials, in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Hong Kong student leaders and government officials held talks Tuesday to end pro-democracy protests now in their fourth week even as the city's Beijing-backed leader reaffirmed his unwillingness to compromise on the activists' key demand. Other leaders are from left to right, Joshua Wong, Yvonne Leung, Eason Chung, Lester Shum, Nathan Law, and the founder of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement Chan Kin-man. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong students, officials talk but don’t agree

KELVIN CHANJACK CHANG · October 21, 2014 5:08 pm

National Security

Terrorist ideology blamed in Canada car attack

BENJAMIN SHINGLERROB GILLIES · October 21, 2014 5:07 pm

A commemorative inscription dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian that was found outside Jerusalem's Old City, is on display at the Rockefeller museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Israeli archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered a large stone with Latin engravings that lends credence to the theory that the reason Jews revolted against Roman rule nearly 2,000 ago was because of their harsh treatment. Israel's Antiquities Authority said the stone bears the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian and the year of his visit to Jerusalem, a few years before the failed Bar Kochba revolt in the second century A.D. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Jerusalem stone may answer Jewish revolt questions

Washington Examiner · October 21, 2014 4:58 pm

WHO: Ebola vaccine trials in W. Africa in January

John Heilprin · October 21, 2014 4:49 pm