Tag: World

Indian ruling BJP makes big gains in state polls

Katy Daigle · October 19, 2014 2:49 pm

Actors, from left, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman, Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf pose for photographers at the photo call for the film Fury, which closes the BFI London Film Festival, at the Corinthia hotel in central London, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Brad Pitt war film wraps up London Film Festival

Jill Lawless · October 19, 2014 2:27 pm

Iran bans human rights lawyer from practicing law

Amir Vahdat · October 19, 2014 1:46 pm

Yemen’s Shiite rebels take town south of capital

Ahmed AlHaj · October 19, 2014 1:38 pm

Roadside bomb kills 7 in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

Ashraf Sweilam · October 19, 2014 1:18 pm

In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, Chinese paramilitary policemen march across Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. The most important meeting of the year for the 205 members of Chinaâs ruling Communist Partyâs Central Committee, beginning Monday, Oct 20, 2014, will focus on how to rule the country in accordance with law.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Low expectations as China considers legal reforms

Didi Tang · October 19, 2014 1:06 pm

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, greets Pope Francis prior to the start of the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI and a mass for the closing of a two-week synod on family issues, in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope beatifies Paul VI at remarkable synod’s end

Nicole Winfield · October 19, 2014 12:52 pm

FILE - In this June 30, 2014 file photo, South Korean army soldiers patrol through the military wire fence in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea. Border guards of the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, along their heavily fortified border in the second such shootout in less than 10 days, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

S. Korea: 2 Koreas exchange gunfire along border

HyungJin Kim · October 19, 2014 12:52 pm

In this photo shot with an extreme telephoto lens and through haze from a hilltop in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, Kurdish fighters walk to their positions next to a machine gun-fitted pick-up truck, in Kobani, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Levend Ali)

Turkey would oppose US arms transfers to Kurds

ELENA BECATOROSSUZAN FRASER · October 19, 2014 12:40 pm

Small fire damages historic clipper Cutty Sark

Washington Examiner · October 19, 2014 12:18 pm

Egypt officials say roadside bomb in restive Sinai Peninsula kills 7 troops

Washington Examiner · October 19, 2014 11:30 am

A Ukrainian flag flies over the traffic control tower of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during an artillery battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Ukraine's president on Friday hailed progress in Europe-brokered talks aimed at ensuring peace with Russia, with agreements nearing on a gas dispute and local elections in the east. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas

Washington Examiner · October 19, 2014 10:46 am