Tag: World

Boko Haram video shows beheading of Nigeria pilot

SUNDAY ALAMBAMICHELLE FAUL · October 3, 2014 3:58 pm

Bosnia concerned over arrival of Russian Cossacks

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 3:37 pm

Muslim pilgrims gather at the Plain of Arafat during the annual pilgrimage, known as the hajj, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. An estimated 2 million Muslims are streaming into a sprawling tent city near Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

In Saudi Arabia, Muslims pray on climax of hajj

BY MOKHTAR SHEHATABENJAMIN WIACEK · October 3, 2014 3:29 pm

People cross over a floating pontoon bridge on the River Scheldt in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Antwerp opened it's World War I Centenary program with the pontoon bridge and will allow the general public to cross it for two days. The pontoon bridge is an actual reconstruction of the original that spanned the River Scheldt at the start of the war in 1914 and played a major role in the defense of Antwerp. It was used by the Belgian army under King Albert I as well as the British Expeditionary Force under Winston Churchill. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pontoon bridge opens to remind Belgians of WWI

Virginia Mayo · October 3, 2014 3:10 pm

Biden: International Order ‘Literally Fraying at the Seams’

Jeryl Bier · October 3, 2014 3:04 pm

FILE - In this April 1, 1996 file photo, Palestinian protesters march from the Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. The expulsion of an Israeli journalist on Sept. 23, 2014, from an academic conference hosted by a top Palestinian university has unleashed a fierce debate about academic freedom in the West Bank and is shining a spotlight on the apparent radicalization of some young Palestinians who are disillusioned by years of failed peace efforts and have grown up with little contact with Israelis. (AP Photo/Sanad Sahlieh, File)

Palestinian university expels Israeli visitor

MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHJOSEF FEDERMAN · October 3, 2014 2:49 pm

Irish accused of snubbing probe into IRA massacre

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 2:38 pm

A police officer smiles after stopping a vehicle in Harare, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 on World Smile Day. According to Zimbabwe's deputy Minster of Home Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi whose ministry is in charge of the police, the hospitality agency would conduct "smiling" training sessions to make the law enforcers friendlier towards tourists and motorists. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe police are told to smile

Farai Mutsaka · October 3, 2014 2:24 pm

Cameron Meets With New Afghan President in Kabul

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 2:14 pm

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, Cardinal Walter Kasper speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in his home at the Vatican. The German theologian says he fully expected the knives would come out when, at Pope Francis' request, he made a suggestion that challenged a deep church taboo and has dominated debate ahead of a landmark meeting on Catholic family life that opens this weekend - the fate of Catholics who divorce, and the outcome will be a key test of how far Francis' reform agenda will go. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope faces hopes, risks at family conference

Nicole Winfield · October 3, 2014 2:13 pm

Albania PM to visit Serbia after 68 years

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 1:18 pm

An Islamic Shariah law official whips a man, convicted of gambling, with a rattan cane watched by people inside a mosque compound in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Oct 3, 2014. Indonesian authorities publicly caned four men who were convicted of gambling in conservative Aceh province after Friday prayers. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)

Indonesia’s Aceh province canes 4 for gambling

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 1:07 pm