Tag: World

U.S. President Barack Obama greets children as he is welcomed by Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Obama is in Estonia for a one day visit where he will meet with Baltic State leaders before heading to the NATO Summit in Wales. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama hails Estonia success

Julie Pace · September 3, 2014 1:19 pm

President of the Abraham Geiger College Rabbi Prof. Walter Jacob, front center, presides during the Rabbi ordination at the White Stork synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland,Tuesday, Sept. 2 2014. The ordination of four rabbis and three cantors, graduates of Abraham Geiger College at the Potsdam University, in Wroclaw, commemorates the 140th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Abraham Geiger, who held his office during 1838-1863 in the White Stork Synagogue. (AP Photo)

Rabbis ordained in Poland in Jewish life growth

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 12:44 pm

Activists: Syrian airstrike hits bus, killing 13

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 11:46 am

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, front row center, and his new Cabinet members pose for a group photo following the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Japan's Prime Minister Abe picked five women for his Cabinet Wednesday, matching the past record and sending the strongest message yet about his determination to revive the economy by getting women on board as workers and leaders. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

In many nations, men still dominate Cabinet posts

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 11:43 am

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left, speaks to members of the government and the parliament during a meeting in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The Yemeni president on Tuesday dismissed the Cabinet including the prime minister who led it for two years, while partially reversing an earlier decision to lift fuel subsidies in a bid to end a standoff with Shiite rebels holding anti-government protests across the country. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

Rebel group blocks main roads in Yemen

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 11:19 am

U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet, left, and Estonia's Chief of Protocol Toomas Kahur, center, as he arrives in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, for a one day visit where he will meet with Baltic State leaders before heading to the NATO Summit in Wales. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

At NATO, goal is to curb Russia but not provoke it

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 3, 2014 10:50 am

Obama: US to ‘bring Justice’ to Militants

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 10:49 am

Pope to Iraqi Christians: You are church’s heart

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 10:43 am

This undated image attached in a statement released on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 on the Hanin Network website, a militant website, shows Fijian UN peacekeepers who were seized by The Nusra Front on Thursday in the Golan Heights in the buffer zone between Syria and Israel. Al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels holding 45 Fijian peacekeepers hostage have issued a set of demands for their release, including the extremist group's removal from a U.N. terrorist list and compensation for the killing of three of its fighters in a shootout with international troops, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hanin Network Website)

Should Fiji troops be in Syria as UN peacekeepers?

NICK PERRYPITA LIGAIULA · September 3, 2014 9:59 am

In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 photo, clouds float over the peak of Mt. Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province. More than a thousand years ago, a huge volcano straddling the border between North Korea and China was the site of one of the biggest eruptions in human history, blanketing eastern Asia in its ash. But unlike other major volcanos around the world, the remote and politically sensitive Mount Paektu remains almost a complete mystery to foreign scientists who have - until recently - been unable to conduct on-site studies. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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AP Exclusive: Team seeks N. Korea volcano secrets

Eric Talmadge · September 3, 2014 9:47 am

Scientists Study Volcano at North Korean Border

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 9:38 am

Obama: US grieves for Steven Sotloff, slain in ‘horrific act of violence’ by militants

Washington Examiner · September 3, 2014 9:23 am