Tag: World

10 people killed in Istanbul elevator accident

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 12:56 pm

In this July. 24, 2014 photo, Kwon Ri-sae, 23, a member of South Korean pop group Ladiesâ Code, is seen during a photo call to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mnet M Countdown in Goyang, South Korea. Kwon, a second member of the South Korean band Ladies' Code died from injuries sustained from a motor accident, her management said Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Second member of K-pop group dies from car crash

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 12:42 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, file photo a Scottish flag and a Union flag fly outside a Scottish memorabilia shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. The British government plans to offer Scotland more financial autonomy in the coming days as polls predict a very close vote in the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence. Chancellor George Osborne told BBC on Sunday that the government is finalizing plans to give Scotland "much greater" fiscal and tax autonomy and will unveil the proposals in the coming days. He spoke after polls showed a tightening of the vote ahead of the landmark September 18 referendum on whether Scotland should become independent from Britain. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

UK offers Scotland more autonomy ahead of vote

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 12:27 pm

Tin Aye, right, chairman of Myanmar's Union Election Commission, talks to journalists during a press conference along with members of the commission after meeting with representatives of political parties at Myanmar Peace Center in Yangon, Myanmar Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. The commission said Sunday it is canceling by-elections that were scheduled for later this year to fill 35 empty parliamentary seats. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar cancels planned parliamentary by-elections

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 11:46 am

US launches airstrikes around Iraq’s Haditha Dam

Lolita Baldor · September 7, 2014 11:38 am

China kills nearly 5,000 dogs to control rabies

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 10:49 am

Indian court: Priest should face charges in US

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 10:38 am

FILE - This undated combination photos released by the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) shows GNRD employees, Ghimire Gundev, a photographer from London, left, and his colleague Krishna Upadhyaya, a researcher, both at unknown locations. Qatar has confirmed it is holding two Britons who went missing while researching migrant labor issues, saying the men are being questioned for alleged illegal activity in the Gulf nation that is due to hold the 2022 World Cup. (AP Photo/GNRD, File)

Qatar confirms detention of rights group workers

Adam Schreck · September 7, 2014 10:25 am

Radical al-Qaida-linked preacher Abu Qatada sits behind bars at the Jordanian military court in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. The judge in the trial of a radical Jordanian cleric accused of a 2000 plot to attack Israelis, Americans and other Westerners has delayed issuing his verdict pending further examination of the case. A decision on the charges against Abu Qatada was expected Sunday, but the judge said it will now be issued Sept. 24. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Jordan delays terror verdict on radical cleric

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 9:50 am

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2014 file photo, Mathew Miller, an American detained in North Korea speaks to the Associated Press, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Miller will be tried next Sunday, Sept. 14, North Korean state media said, less than a week after the detainee made a rare foreign media appearance to plead for help.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Detained American in North Korea gets trial date

Associated Press · September 7, 2014 7:54 am

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 photo, a family walks by a wall covered by a symbol from the Mara Salvatrucha gang in Ilopango, El Salvador. In Ilopango and communities across El Salvador, the Mara Salvatrucha and their arch rivals, the 18th Street Gang, are de facto rulers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Success of Salvador gang truce: Stronger gangs

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2014 4:03 am

A Kashmiri family takes shelter inside a truck after their home was inundated by floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. Heavy monsoon rains have caused flash floods and landslides that left more than 100 people dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and in eastern Pakistan, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Monsoon rains kill 128 in Pakistan, 108 in India

Zarar Khan · September 7, 2014 2:54 am