Tag: World

Calais mayor might close port to stop migrants

Elaine Ganley · September 2, 2014 8:24 pm

Ukrainian troops routed as Russia talks tough

Peter Leonard · September 2, 2014 8:10 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

National Security

US strike targets leader of Somali extremist group

Abdi Guled · September 2, 2014 8:03 pm

Macedonian premier, opposition leader, go to court

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 7:11 pm

Russia Expert: Obama’s ‘impossible’ Task

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 6:40 pm

Supporters of Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri camp inside the vicinity of the parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Pakistan's lawmakers held an emergency session Tuesday over the political crisis roiling the country as thousands of anti-government protesters remained camped out in front of the parliament building, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resign. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan lawmakers back premier amid mass protests

REBECCA SANTANAMUNIR AHMED · September 2, 2014 6:37 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. The Islamic State group holds roughly a third of Iraq and Syria, including several strategically important cities like Fallujah and Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

A look at dangers posed by the Islamic State group

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 6:34 pm

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun during a celebration organized by Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Israel and Hamas militants fought for 50 days before reaching a truce on Tuesday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of needlessly extending fighting in the Gaza Strip, causing a high death toll. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

After Gaza war, poll finds support for Hamas rises

Daniel Estrin · September 2, 2014 6:32 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Alexei Miller, CEO of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom during the ceremony marking the construction of gas pipeline "Power of Siberia" connecting Russia and China near the village of Us Khatyn in Yakutsk region, Russia, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

AP Analysis: Putin digs in for long Ukraine fight

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 2, 2014 6:20 pm

Internet video purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 5:07 pm

Missionary group says another American doctor infected with Ebola in Liberia

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 5:04 pm

African Leaders Talk Rise in Extremism

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 4:56 pm