Tag: World

Smoke caused by fighting in Syria is seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, close to the border with Syria, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Syrian rebels, government clash in Golan Heights

Ryan Lucas · September 2, 2014 3:51 am

Mexico turns to army, drones for security

Mark Stevenson · September 2, 2014 3:40 am

Pro-Russian rebel leaders from Eastern Ukraine Andrei Purgin, left, and Alexey Karyakin walk in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. A so-called contact group meets for talks in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, to reach agreement on a cease-fire. The group, which last met in late July, includes representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. (AP Photo/Dmitry Brushko)

National Security

Pro-Russian rebels lower demands in peace talks

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVJIM HEINTZ · September 2, 2014 2:51 am

Fiji says Syrian rebels issue demands for captives

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 1:50 am

In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014 photo, army personnel man outside the military headquarters in Maseru, Lesotho. Lesotho's prime minister fled to South Africa in fear for his safety and will now meet with leaders of the region there to seek peace, he said Sunday. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane said there had been an attempt to take over Lesotho, a country of about 2 million people that is surrounded by South Africa. Lesotho's Defense Forces deny any attempt at a coup although they say the military exchanged gunfire and disarmed two police stations in Lesotho's capital, Maseru, on Saturday. (AP Photo)

Regional body to help restore stability in Lesotho

Carley Petesch · September 2, 2014 1:46 am

Mexico rescues 15 Cubans adrift deep in Gulf

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 1:26 am

In this Aug. 4, 2014 photo provided by Rahul Saharan, Indian acid attack victim Ritu poses during a fashion photo shoot in New Delhi, India. Twenty-year-old Ritu was attacked by her cousin during a dispute over property about two years ago. And sisters Sonam, 22, and Chanchal, 17, had been asleep in their village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh when acid was poured over them by a group of men who had been harassing them for sexual attention. The fashion photo shoot featuring five acid attack victims is drawing wide attention in India, where open discussions about violence against woman are drawing attention to a long-ignored public scourge.(AP Photo/Rahul Saharan)

Acid victims’ photo shoot draws attention in India

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 12:51 am

In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, John Henry Tully, 48, poses for a photo. A manhunt for Tully is underway Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, after police said a gunman killed two people and injured a third at an unemployment office before escaping on a bicycle in Ashburton, New Zealand. According to police, a man entered a Work and Income New Zealand office and started shooting. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

New Zealand gunman kills 2; suspect faces charges

Nick Perry · September 1, 2014 11:24 pm

Police carry blocks of seized cocaine as they present it to the press at a police base in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Police announced that they seized 7.6 tons of cocaine in the northern town of Trujillo on Aug. 26, and that it's the largest seizure of cocaine in Peru's history. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru police display record 7.7-ton cocaine haul

Washington Examiner · September 1, 2014 10:52 pm

Jeffrey Fowle, an American detained in North Korea, speaks to the Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has given foreign media access to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and watched by officials as they spoke, called for Washington to send a representative to negotiate for their freedom. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

National Security

Americans detained in North Korea call for US help

Eric Talmadge · September 1, 2014 9:55 pm

National Security

Uruguay: Guantanamo prisoner transfer not imminent

Leonardo Haberkorn · September 1, 2014 9:40 pm

Turkey's new President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu shake hands after a press conference and their meeting in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of ethnically divided Cyprus on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. This is Erdogan's first visit abroad since his election last month. Cyprus was divided in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Turkish president seeks 2-state deal in Cyprus

Washington Examiner · September 1, 2014 9:03 pm