Tag: World

Small meteorite strikes Nicaragua, government says

Washington Examiner · September 8, 2014 12:48 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is escorted past an honor cordon by Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania during a ceremony welcoming Hagel to the defense ministry in Tbilisi, Georgia, September 7, 2014. Hagel is making his first visit to Georgia as defense secretary. (Department of Defense)

Hagel reassures Georgia of its importance to U.S.

Jennifer Peebles · September 7, 2014 9:43 pm

US to help Georgia boost its defenses

Lolita Baldor · September 7, 2014 9:16 pm

Shells hit Mogadishu after militant leader death

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 8:53 pm

Boy in Spain with brain tumor being readied to fly

Harold Heckle · September 7, 2014 8:49 pm

Haitian businesswoman, 25, crowned Miss Haiti 2014

Danica Coto · September 7, 2014 8:29 pm

Vigilante and local hunters armed with guns patrol the streets of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The United States is preparing to launch a "major" border security program to help Nigeria and its neighbors combat the increasing number and scope of attacks by Islamic extremists, a senior U.S. official for Africa said Thursday. Nigerian insurgents have begun attacking villages in neighboring Cameroon and have been seizing land in northeast Nigeria where they proclaimed an Islamic caliphate. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

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Islamic extremists grab towns in northeast Nigeria

IBRAHIM ABDULAZIZMICHELLE FAUL · September 7, 2014 7:43 pm

A man hold a banner which reads "Migrants equal insecurity, unhealthiness and economic disaster" in Calais, northern France, Sunday, Sept 7, 2014. Hundreds of extreme-right activists demonstrated Sunday to "save" Calais from homeless migrants inundating the French port city in hopes of crossing the English Channel to Britain. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Tensions mount in French port over migrant influx

Elaine Ganley · September 7, 2014 7:37 pm

Homes burn after being hit by a shell in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. Strong explosions were heard early Sunday on the outskirts of the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine near the airport, raising new fears that a cease-fire signed two days ago is on the verge of collapse. Blasts powerful enough to be heard in downtown Donetsk came from the area near the airport, which has been under the control of government troops since May and has come under unremitting attacks from pro-Russia separatist rebels since then. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine shelling claims lives, sets houses ablaze

Mstyslav Chernov · September 7, 2014 6:52 pm

The three masts of the 213 feet long frigate Hermione whose hull is made entirely of oak, is pictured on the eve of its first test in the sea in Rochefort, Western France, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Since 1997, in the old dockyard, a passionate team rebuilt the frigate Hermione, which, in 1780, allowed La Fayette to cross the Atlantic to America and join the American rebels in their struggle for independence. The Hermione Lafayette Trip project is aimed to cross the Atlantic in 2015.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Rebuilt 18th century ship tests French waters

Francois Mori · September 7, 2014 6:12 pm

Raw: Fears Ukrainian Ceasefire Collapsing

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 6:00 pm

This Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, the mother of a missing Lebanese soldier who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants, shouts slogans against the Lebanese cabinet during a demonstration to demand action to secure the captives' release, in front the Lebanese government building, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. The mother of Lebanese soldier Abbas Medlej, held captive by the militant Islamic State group says that photographs posted online purporting to show his beheading appear real, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Militants, including from the Islamic State extremist group, seized around 30 soldiers and policemen after overrunning a Lebanese border town in early August. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanese premier urges calm over captive soldiers

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 5:57 pm