Tag: World

Anarchist militant jailed in Greece pending trial

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2014 12:14 pm

Palestinian pilgrims cross the Beit Hanoun checkpoint on their way to the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza and then to Jerusalem, during the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, in the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. In a rare gesture, Israeli authorities relaxed restrictions and allowed 550 Palestinian pilgrims to cross into Israel from Gaza to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The men had to be over 60 years old. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel permits Gazans to pray at Jerusalem mosque

Tia Goldenberg · October 5, 2014 12:08 pm

FILE - Yuri Lyubimov, 93, art director and the founder of the Taganka Theater speaks during a news conference in Moscow, in this Thursday, June 30, 2011 file photo. Lyubimov died Sunday Oct. 5, 2014 at 97, leaving as his legacy Moscow's world-famous Taganka Theater, which he founded in 1964.(AP Photo, File)

Russian theater director Lyubimov dies at 97

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2014 11:56 am

This undated family handout photo shows British man Alan Henning, who was held hostage by the Islamic State group. An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes. The video mirrored other beheading videos shot by the Islamic State group, which now holds territory along the border of Syria and Iraq. It ended with an Islamic State fighter threatening a man they identified as an American. (AP Photo/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVES

Prayers said for Briton killed by Islamic fighters

Jill Lawless · October 5, 2014 11:50 am

4 dead, 23 injured in highway pileup in Greece

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2014 11:28 am

A Latvian man casts his ballot papers at a polling station in Riga, Latvia, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Latvian voters on Saturday cast ballots for a new Parliament in an election overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis and worries over how to deal with resurgent neighbor Russia. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov, F64 Photo Agency)

Latvia’s center-right ruling coalition wins vote

Rayyan SabetParry · October 5, 2014 11:22 am

FILE - In this Monday May 19, 2014 fie photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. left, smiles as he sits with Norwegian IOC-member Gerhard Heiberg during a meeting Norway's Minister of Culture, Thorhild Widvey in Oslo. Oslo said it is dropped its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Norwegian government declined Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 to provide financial backing, a move which leaves just two cities in a race that has been decimated by withdrawals. (AP Photo: Hakon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix, File) NORWAY OUT

Oslo 2022 bid hurt by IOC demands, arrogance

Mark Lewis · October 5, 2014 10:46 am

Hong Kong protesters agree to remove some barricades from areas blocked during weeklong sit-in

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2014 10:14 am

True or false: How well do you know Nobel Prizes?

Karl Ritter · October 5, 2014 8:23 am

FILE - in this Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, center, stands when the national anthem of China is played during a flag-raising ceremony in Hong Kong, as thousands of protesters watching from behind police barricades yelled at him to step down. The story Leung, Hong Kong's top leader, is a rags-to-riches tale that is generally admired in this commercially-minded city. But Leung is deeply unpopular, thanks mainly to his longstanding ties with mainland China. Beijing's burgeoning influence in this former British colony is a key factor driving protests that have paralyzed parts of this dynamic city and brought on some of the worst confrontations in decades. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Hong Kong standoff reflects wide rifts in society

Elaine Kurtenbach · October 5, 2014 7:39 am

A Mexican navy marine guards the road that leads to the site where an alleged clandestine mass grave was found near the city of Iguala, Mexico, Saturday Oct. 4, 2014. Mexican officials said a clandestine grave holding an undetermined number of bodies was found outside a town where violence last weekend resulted in six deaths and the disappearance of 43 students. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Mass grave found near Mexico town hit by violence

JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA · October 5, 2014 3:17 am

Guam residents prepare for approaching typhoon

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2014 2:48 am