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Palestinians laborers work at a construction site in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Israel's settler population in the West Bank increased by 2 percent in the first half of the year, an advocacy group announced Tuesday, signaling robust growth in the settlements even while Israel was conducting peace talks with the Palestinians. The new figures drew criticism from the Palestinians, who seek the West Bank as part of a future state. The Palestinians and most of the international community consider Israeli construction there to be illegal or illegitimate. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

West Bank settler group boasts rapid growth

Josef Federman · September 16, 2014 6:26 pm

Robust Growth in West Bank Settlements

Washington Examiner · September 16, 2014 6:10 pm

FILE - This is a Sunday, July 27, 2014 file photo of medical personnel inside a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone. On July 23 the doctor in charge of battling Sierra Leone's current Ebola outbreak became ill with the deadly disease, the country's health minister confirmed. He later died. (AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah, File)

Tracing the rise of Ebola in West Africa

Associated Press · September 16, 2014 5:44 pm

A pair of Saltire's fly above a Yes sign in Eyemouth, Scotland, Tueday, Sept. 16, 2014. The two sides in Scotland's independence debate are scrambling to convert undecided voters, with just two days to go until a referendum on separation. Anti-independence campaigners are pushing home their message that a "No" vote doesn't mean the status quo. The three main British political parties are promising Scotland greater powers, including tax-raising authority, if it remains part of the United Kingdom. The Yes campaign says the promises are vague and reveal the No side's desperation, with polls suggesting the outcome will be close. Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "the only way to guarantee the real powers we need in Scotland is to vote Yes." (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Sides in Scottish referendum make final push

Jill Lawless · September 16, 2014 5:06 pm

Building materials gather dust at the foot of the Djoser Pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The restoration of the 4,600-year old pyramid has prompted controversy between the Ministry of Antiquities, activists and archaeologists including the new brick work at the base of the pyramid. (AP Photo/Samuel McNeil)

Egypt says restoration of oldest pyramid on track

Washington Examiner · September 16, 2014 4:59 pm

China's President Xi Jinping, left, waves to the gathering as he walks with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa upon arrival at the airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka backs China’s maritime ‘Silk Road’ plan

Bharatha Mallawarachi · September 16, 2014 4:46 pm

Legislator: 53 Turkish families joined IS

Suzan Fraser · September 16, 2014 4:23 pm

National Security

Next title: Elizabeth, Queen of Scots?

Sylvia Hui · September 16, 2014 3:33 pm

National Security

Scotland took long road to independence vote

Jill Lawless · September 16, 2014 3:23 pm

Belfast officer who oversaw Adams arrest promoted

Washington Examiner · September 16, 2014 3:12 pm

NATO and Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a foreign motorcade just a couple hundred yards (meters) from the U.S. Embassy, unleashing a blast that injured at least 13 people and rattled nearby neighborhoods, police officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan suicide bomber kills 3 foreign troops

Jason Straziuso · September 16, 2014 2:58 pm

In this image provided by Shaho Pirani shows Shaho Pirani posing with an automantic weapon near the village of Koya in Iraqi Kurdistan in June 2014. The Iranian Kurd living in Denmark, was on a month-long training camp for the Kurdish diaspora organized by Iranian branch of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He joined Kurds from Norway, Switzerland and Britain for a crash-course on politics followed by weapons training. Shaho Pirani says he's just a phone call away from leaving his quiet life in Denmark and joining Kurdish forces battling against Islamic State militants in Iraq. The 30-year-old Kurd, who fled from Iran with his older brother in 1991, says he feels a moral duty to help the Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government, to fight the "psychopaths" of the IS group. (AP Photo/Shaho Pirani)

National Security

Kurds in Europe take up arms against IS group

JAN M. OLSENKARL RITTER · September 16, 2014 2:52 pm