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PKK leader: Kurds should mobilize against IS

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 7:03 am

HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY BY ERIC TALMADGE, North Korea's gold medalist Om Yun Chol listens to reporter's question during a press conference at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Together at Asian Games, Koreas still far apart

Eric Talmadge · September 23, 2014 6:33 am

Lawyer says Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti sentenced to life in prison for separatism in China

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 5:18 am

SYRIA AIRSTRIKES

jmagnoj.magno · September 23, 2014 5:11 am

In this undated photo supplied by Amnesty International, side handled and telescopic batons and spike batons are displayed at a police equipment exhibition, at an undisclosed location. Chinese production and export of police equipment primarily used for torture, such as electric shock wands and neck-and-wrist cuffs connected by a chain, has grown dramatically, enabling human rights violations at home and abroad, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Amnesty International)

Amnesty blasts China’s torture tool industry

Didi Tang · September 23, 2014 4:23 am

Damascus says Washington informed Syria’s UN envoy before striking Islamic State in Syria

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 4:16 am

In this Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 photo, a man looks after his wounded relative at a hospital after an explosion at a fireworks factory in Liling in south China's Hunan province. An explosion at a fireworks factory in southern China killed at least 12 people and injured dozens of others, the local government said Tuesday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Explosion at Chinese fireworks factory kills 12

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 3:44 am

Islamic State offensive poses problems for Turkey

Desmond Butler · September 23, 2014 3:27 am

Hats with money donated by neighbors lays on the coffin of Justo Raxon, 28, during his funeral in San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Raxon was a one of 11 villagers that died in a battle between residents who supported plans to build a cement factory and highway, and others who fear the construction could hurt their lands. Guatemalan authorities have suspended some constitutional rights in San Juan Sacatepequez. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala emergency measures after deadly clash

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 2:48 am

In this still image from video published on the Internet on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, by a group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, a captive Frenchman appeals to French President Francois Hollande to help free him. The Frenchman, whom the ministry described as a 55-year-old mountain guide, said he was taken hostage by the group on Sunday and reiterated its demands that the French military end its airstrikes in Iraq. The group said it was answering a call by Islamic State group spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani to attack Americans and Europeans. (AP Photo)

Islamist group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria

AOMAR OUALIPAUL SCHEMM · September 22, 2014 10:27 pm

A baby pig sleeps in front of an ambulance used at the Connaught Hospital as part of their Ebola virus fleet, during a three-day lockdown to prevent the spread on the Ebola virus in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Volunteers going door to door during a three-day lockdown intended to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone say some residents are growing increasingly frustrated and complaining about food shortages. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)

Sierra Leone, Liberia brace for new Ebola cases

CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAYJONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH · September 22, 2014 10:05 pm

Workers of Mexico's Federal Electric Commission (CFE) work to raise new electrical utility poles in San Jose de los Cabos, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Six days after the passing of hurricane Odile, electrical power has yet to be restored. Mexico's President Pena Nieto has described the damage the storm caused to the electrical infrastructure as the worst in the history of the country's electrical commission. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Many still lack power in Los Cabos; storm toll 5

Washington Examiner · September 22, 2014 9:52 pm