Tag: World

Hwang Pyong So, center left, vice chairman of North Koreaâs National Defense Commission, and Choe Ryong Hae, center right, a secretaries of the North Koreaâs ruling Workers Party, arrive at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Choe and other senior officials visited to the South Korea on Saturday for the close of the Asian Games sporting event, South Korean officials said, a rare visit by Pyongyang's inner circle that will include a meeting with Seoul's top official for North Korean affairs.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Do-hoon) KOREA OUT

N. Korea No. 2 visits South for rare talks

HYUNG-JIN KIMFOSTER KLUG · October 4, 2014 4:36 am

UN condemns beheading as ‘heinous and cowardly’

Cara Anna · October 4, 2014 1:52 am

Seoul says North Korea’s No. 2 will travel to South for close of Asian Games in rare visit

Washington Examiner · October 4, 2014 12:23 am

Spain affirms jurisdiction in 1989 Jesuit killings

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 11:54 pm

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

British hostage Alan Henning aimed to help Syrians

Robert Barr · October 3, 2014 10:55 pm

Medical first: Baby born to woman who got new womb

Maria Cheng · October 3, 2014 10:53 pm

National Security

UN warns of military action against Congo rebels

Cara Anna · October 3, 2014 10:13 pm

In this screenshot from a Sept. 2014 video provided by Autoblog.com.ar, a Porsche with license plate H982 FKL, which was used by the BBC television program "Top Gear," drives along a road near Bariloche, Argentina. The host of the program and other members of the crew fled Argentina on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 after being pelted with rocks by people who believed one of their cars had a license plate alluding to the Falklands War. (AP Photo/Autoblog.com.ar)

‘Top Gear’ crew flees Argentina after cars stoned

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 10:11 pm

National Security

Canada to launch airstrikes in Iraq

Rob Gillies · October 3, 2014 9:51 pm

Smoke rises after a mortar shell landed in the west part of the city center of Kobani in Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, seen from Mursitpinar near Suruc, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Turkey's parliament approved Thursday a motion that gives the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

National Security

Heavy fighting hits Syrian border town

BASSEM MROUESUZAN FRASER · October 3, 2014 8:49 pm

UN: 9 peacekeepers killed in northern Mali

BABA AHMEDEDITH M. LEDERER · October 3, 2014 8:38 pm

Internet video purports to show Islamic State group beheading British hostage Alan Henning

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 8:05 pm