Tag: World

Egypt to host post-Gaza war talks this week

Mohammed Daraghmeh · September 21, 2014 1:24 pm

Syria blasts coalition against Islamic State

Albert Aji · September 21, 2014 1:06 pm

‘Stop Foreign Governments from Buying American Think Tanks’

Daniel Halper · September 21, 2014 12:24 pm

Wife of UK hostage issues plea to militants

Sylvia Hui · September 21, 2014 12:12 pm

Chinese tennis player Li Na wipes her tears during a press conference to announce her retirement in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. The two-time Grand Slam champion from China who took tennis in Asia to a new level, has retired due to recurring knee injuries. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Retiring Li Na has “no regrets” about retiring

Washington Examiner · September 21, 2014 10:23 am

Athletes from Syria march into the stadium during the opening ceremony for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea,Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. On the one hand, you have China and India, which account for about a quarter of the worldâs population. On the other, the Maldives, population 345,000. Thereâs Bhutan, which has been described as the happiest place on Earth, and Syria, which certainly isnât. And for good measure, why not throw in some of the most repressive regimes on the planet _ North Korea, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan? (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

At Asian Games, rivalries not always about sports

Eric Talmadge · September 21, 2014 9:44 am

Syrian refugees carry a sick person at the border in Suruc, Turkey, late Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Several thousand Syrians, most of them Kurds, crossed into Turkey on Friday to find refuge from Islamic State militants who have barreled through dozens of Kurdish villages in northern Syria in the past 48 hours.(AP Photo)

UN: 70,000 Syrians escape fighting to Turkey

Washington Examiner · September 21, 2014 8:47 am

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at the presidential palace in Cairo, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. In the background is a 1930s era carpet depicting a map of Egypt. In his first interview with foreign media since taking office in June, el-Sissi has told AP he is prepared to give whatever support is needed in the fight against the Islamic State group but says military action is not the only answer. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

AP Interview: El-Sissi, Egypt and the terror fight

phillipslee-keath, hamza-hendawiian · September 21, 2014 4:59 am

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks during an inter-faith meeting in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The Dalai Lama brought religious leaders together Saturday to mull some of India's most pressing problems, from gender violence to widespread poverty, while praising the country's religious harmony as proof to the world that different communities can live peacefully together. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Dalai Lama praises China’s leader as ‘realistic’

Katy Daigle · September 21, 2014 4:28 am

China says 88 fugitives returned from abroad

Washington Examiner · September 21, 2014 4:08 am

A resident pauses to look at a taped off area, where a body lies wrapped in a black bag, in Pajoques, Guatemala, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. An argument over plans to build a factory and highway in the village west of Guatemala City provoked a violent clash late Friday that has left at least six people dead and dozens of others seriously wounded. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala clash over development plans kills 8

Sonia Perez · September 21, 2014 3:32 am

A woman pauses as she leans against a wooden slat that is part of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Odile in San Jose de los Cabos, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Water and electricity service remained out and phone service was intermittent. Odile struck late Sunday as a Category 3 storm. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Rain falls on Baja’s tip as storm passes to south

Washington Examiner · September 21, 2014 3:22 am