Tag: World

Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Hassidic sect Vizhnitz gather on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean sea as they participate in a Tashlich ceremony in Herzeliya, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Tashlich, which means "to cast away" in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically "throw away" their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which start on Friday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel on alert as Jewish, Muslim holiday coincide

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 9:45 am

Correction: NATO-Stoltenberg story

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 9:43 am

Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, second right, listens as Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron talks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Britain’s Cameron on surprise visit to Afghanistan

Amir Shah · October 3, 2014 8:41 am

In this picture take Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014.Advance for story Thailand-Academic Freedomâ by Thanyarat Doksone.Three students--Sirawit Serithiwat, left, Ratthapol Supasopon, second on the left, and Worawut Butrmatr, fourt from the left--negotiated with deputy provincial police chief Col. Surasak Khunnarong to let an academic seminar go on at Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, in Pathum Thani, Thailand, Two days earlier, an army regiment asked the university for its cooperation to cancel the event to prevent divisiveness in the country.(AP Photo/Thanyarat Doksone)

At campuses, cracks in Thailand’s peaceful facade

Todd Pitman · October 3, 2014 8:09 am

FILE - In this June 1, 2014 file photo, Afghanistan National Army soldiers march during their graduation ceremony at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan army desperate for more advanced military equipment is suffering death rates 30 percent higher in the 2014 fighting season, the army's first against the Taliban without large-scale assistance from the U.S.-led international military force, officials said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Afghan army death rate spikes 30 percent

Jason Straziuso · October 3, 2014 7:16 am

Latvia holds election with Ukraine on its mind

Rayyan SabetParry · October 3, 2014 7:03 am

Vietnam welcomes US partial lift of arms sales ban

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 5:31 am

Australian leader urges rethink on face veil move

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2014 5:14 am

A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police offers as an ambulance tries to leave the compound of the chief executive office in Hong Kong, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Hong Kong protesters on Friday welcomed an overnight offer by the territory's leader of talks to defuse the crisis over demonstrations seeking democratic reforms, though they continued to demand he resign and maintained barricades around government headquarters, frustrating staff going to work. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

National Security

Hong Kong protesters set for talks; govt HQ shut

Kelvin Chan · October 3, 2014 4:54 am

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 file photo, the body of one of slain British tourists, Hannah Witheridge, wrapped in plastic sheet, is carried at a forensic police facility in Bangkok, Thailand. Police Maj. Gen. Kiattipong Khawsamang said Thursday, Oct. 2 that two out of three Myanmar workers questioned by police admitted murdering Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai police: 2 men admit killing British tourists

Thanyarat Doksone · October 3, 2014 4:02 am

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for re-election of the Workers Party (PT), left, and Marina Silva, presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party, PSB, greet each other as they arrive for a televised presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil presidential contenders spar in debate

Brad Brooks · October 3, 2014 3:59 am

Australia says it will launch airstrikes in Iraq

Rod McGuirk · October 3, 2014 3:21 am