Tag: World

In this Aug 27, 2014 photo, a woman infected with HIV stares up at the hand of a volunteer as he adjusts her intravenous drip at a crowded clinic in South Dagon, on the outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar. This clinic admits around 10 new HIV/AIDS patients every month, many of them from the countryâs delta region in the south. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

AP Photos: HIV patients in Myanmar struggle

gemunu-amarasinghe · September 5, 2014 6:09 am

A visitor takes photos of some mosquitoes warning posters at closed gate of Yoyogi Park in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Yoyogi Park, a popular park in downtown Tokyo, has been closed temporarily after dozens of cases of dengue fever were contracted by people who visited the area. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo closes park seen as local source of dengue

Elaine Kurtenbach · September 5, 2014 5:01 am

A photo of Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati sits atop the coffin containing his body at the Buenos Aires City's Legislature, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Cerati died on Thursday, four years after a stroke put him in a coma and ended the career of one of Latin America's most influential musicians. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentine rock star Gustavo Cerati dies

Washington Examiner · September 5, 2014 3:49 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie Abe speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Akie said on Thursday that her husband gives her time for a wide range of activities, from raising organic rice to appearing in a gay pride parade. Despite her husband's conservative image, she says he does chores when he can. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s first lady says husband helps with chores

Mari Yamaguchi · September 5, 2014 1:24 am

Health worker's spray each other with disinfectant chemicals as they worked with a suspected Ebola virus death in Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors. The evidence is mixed for using infection-fighting antibodies from survivors' blood for Ebola, but without any licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease, some say it's worth a shot. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

US to provide $75M to expand Ebola care centers

JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEHSARAH DiLORENZO · September 5, 2014 1:23 am

Member of Cuba 5 says he’s optimistic about deal

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINANNE-MARIE GARCIA · September 4, 2014 10:28 pm

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a media conference during a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. In a two-day summit leaders will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Ukraine’s leader: Careful optimism on peace talks

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 4, 2014 9:41 pm

US plans major border security program in Nigeria

BASHIR ADIGUNMICHELLE FAUL · September 4, 2014 9:07 pm

US: Terrorist could get Syria chemical weapons

Alexandra Olson · September 4, 2014 8:37 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, speak before taking their seats at the start of a NATO-Afghanistan round table meeting during a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. In a two-day summit leaders will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

National Security

US and UK seek partners to go after Islamic State

Julie Pace · September 4, 2014 8:11 pm

Residents leave a flooded neighborhood on a boat in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Authorities say heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in the Indian portion of Kashmir, killing at least 14 people in the worst flooding in 22 years. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Bus swept away by stream in Kashmir; 50 missing

Aijaz Hussain · September 4, 2014 7:39 pm

President Barack Obama speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron as NATO leaders meet regarding Afghanistan at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. From left are, Secretary of State John Kerry, the president, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Uncertainty of Afghan election clouds NATO summit

Lolita Baldor · September 4, 2014 7:20 pm