Tag: World

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left, is sworn in by Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Ghani Ahmadzai He replaces Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghanistan swears in Ghani Ahmadzai as president

Rahim Faiez · September 29, 2014 1:22 pm

US president’s adviser: Afghan president to sign deal Tuesday allowing US troops to remain

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 12:41 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2013, file photo visitors walk past the Reichstag building, host of the German federal parliament Bundestag, in Berlin Germany. Berlin police say an unidentified person threw a Molotov cocktail onto the steps of the capital's landmark Reichstag but failed to start a blaze. The person threw the bottle full of a flammable liquid at a side entrance of the building early Monday morning, Sept. 29, 2014, police said. They say the liquid ignited for a short time and then sputtered out, and the attacker fled on foot. Nobody was injured. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Molotov cocktail throw at Berlin’s Reichstag

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 11:38 am

People walk in front of the entrance of the refugee camp in Burbach, Germany, Sunday Sept.28,2014. Police are investigating accusations that guards at an asylum center in Burbach in western Germany repeatedly abused refugees physically and mentally. A police spokesman from Hagen near Burbach said Sunday that police raided the center and questioned both security guards and refugees after a local journalist received a DVD showing the abuse of an asylum seeker by guards. (AP Photo/dpa/Federico Gambarini)

German government shocked by refugee abuse claims

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 11:26 am

Riot police fire tear gas on student protesters occupying streets surrounding the government headquarters in Hong Kong, early Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Riot police in Hong Kong on Saturday arrested scores of students who stormed the government headquarters compound during a night of scuffles to protest China's refusal to allow genuine democratic reforms in the semiautonomous city. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

News Guide: Issues, people in Hong Kong protests

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 11:17 am

Ivorian accused of crimes against humanity

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 11:14 am

German party expelling official over anti-Semitism

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 11:10 am

National Security

US envoy says no talks with NKorea in sight

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 10:54 am

Rights group: Turkey rolling back human rights

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 10:30 am

In this Saturday, July 27, 2013 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to war veterans during a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. A Malaysian university faced public criticism Thursday for awarding an honorary doctorate in economics to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose country is among the poorest in the world. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Mystery over N. Korean leader fuels health rumors

Foster Klug · September 29, 2014 10:08 am

Lisbon mayor takes charge of Portugal’s Socialists

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 9:37 am

Ex-General: Germany needs to up defense spending

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2014 9:12 am