Tag: World

National Security

Turkish hostages freed, but questions linger

SUZAN FRASERRAPHAEL SATTER · September 21, 2014 1:12 am

5 inmates flee prison in Haiti; 2 recaptured

Evens Sanon · September 21, 2014 12:27 am

A Syrian Kurdish refugee woman at the border in Suruc, Turkey, 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)

National Security

Kurdish fighters head to Syria to face militants

DIAA HADIDSUZAN FRASER · September 21, 2014 12:19 am

A transcript of AP interview with Egypt’s el-Sissi

The Associated Press · September 20, 2014 11:32 pm

State media: Suicide car bomber kills 3 in Lebanon

Diaa Hadid · September 20, 2014 11:15 pm

A model wears a creation for Giorgio Armani women's Spring Summer 2015 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Designers go for the flow at Milan Fashion Week

Colleen Barry · September 20, 2014 10:11 pm

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe or SACEUR, U.S. Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, left , and U.S. Army Commander for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), Gen. John F. Campbell attend on NATO Military Committee Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

National Security

NATO chief: Ukraine has cease-fire ‘in name only’

Robert Burns · September 20, 2014 10:01 pm

A family of the Nuer ethnic group seeking medication and food, but who were planning to later return to their village in a Nuer rebel-controlled area, prepare to board a canoe to traverse a flooded area too deep to walk through, as they try to reach a makeshift camp for the displaced situated in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) base in the town of Bentiu, South Sudan Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Seyoum Mesfin, the chairman of the South Sudan mediation process said Saturday there is renewed fighting in South Sudan between government and rebel troops and that it is a purposeful act aimed at derailing the next phase of the peace process. (AP Photo/Matthew Abbott)

National Security

S. Sudan mediators condemns renewed fighting

Washington Examiner · September 20, 2014 8:48 pm

A Syrian Kurdish refugee woman at the border in Suruc, Turkey, 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)

AP PHOTOS: Refugees stream into Turkey from Syria

The Associated Press · September 20, 2014 8:34 pm

Smokes rises from near the Yemeni Government TV building, background, during clashes between Sunni militiamen and Hawthi Shiite rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The Hawthi fighters and militias and army units allied with the Muslim Brotherhood's Islah party battled in Sanaa for a third day Saturday in clashes that have shaken the Yemeni capital, killed over 120 people, and led to thousands fleeing their homes. The violence raises fears that this chronically unstable country could be dragged into the sort of sectarian conflicts that have plagued other nations in the region. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen sets curfew as fighting roils capital

Ahmed AlHaj · September 20, 2014 8:02 pm

Yemen authorities declare curfew in parts of capital after rebels claim TV building

Washington Examiner · September 20, 2014 7:12 pm

Health worker volunteers talk to a resident to distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Thousands of health workers began knocking on doors across Sierra Leone on Friday in search of hidden Ebola cases with the entire West African nation locked down in their homes for three days in an unprecedented effort to combat the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)

Sierra Leone staggers in Ebola isolation effort

Clarence RoyMacaulay · September 20, 2014 7:02 pm