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A car is salvaged from a flooded street in Malmo, southern Sweden, Sunday Aug. 31, 2014. Heavy rains and flash floods have snarled road and rail traffic in Sweden and Denmark, with divers called to rescue some people in submerged vehicles. Overnight rains which spread into Sunday forced the evacuation of residents to be evacuated from waterlogged homes in some areas. Buses in the Swedish city of Malmo came to halt after vehicles broke down on flooded roads with divers helping to evacuate passengers from submerged vehicles. (AP photo/Stig-Ake Jonsson, TT News Agency) SWEDEN OUT

Flash floods snarl traffic in Sweden, Denmark

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 2:46 pm

Islamist militia group says it has ‘secured’ a US Embassy compound in Libya’s capital

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 2:27 pm

Directors Tal Granit, right, and Sharon Maymon pose for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press for their film The Farewell Party, during the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)

Israel’s ‘The Farewell Party’ finds humor in death

Jill Lawless · August 31, 2014 2:17 pm

FILE - In Aug. 25, 2014 file this photo released by Thai Spokesman Office, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks after he accepted a written royal command issued by King Bhumibol Adulyadej certifying his appointment as the country's 29th premier in Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand. The general who transitioned from Thailand's junta leader to prime minister has awarded top posts in his Cabinet to senior military officials, in the latest move that critics say will prolong the military's grip on power. Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha's government lineup was announced Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. . (AP Photo/Thai Spokesman Office, File)

Thai junta leader stacks Cabinet with military men

Thanyarat Doksone · August 31, 2014 1:43 pm

Parents of British boy in Spain face extradition

Harold Heckle · August 31, 2014 1:39 pm

A French fireman and his dog search in the rubble of a building after an explosion collapsed it, in Rosny-sous-Bois, outside Paris, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. French authorities say a four-story building in a northeastern Paris suburb has collapsed after an explosion, killing a child. More people are thought to underneath the rubble. Speaking on i-Tele, fire department spokesman Gabriel Plus said around 10 people were evacuated from the building in Rosny-sous-bois that occurred early Sunday morning. Plus said that around another 10 people could still be underneath the rubble, and emergency teams were working hard to rescue people who might be trapped. "We could still find living victims in the hours to come," he said. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has arrived at the scene, but couldn't confirm a theory that the explosion was caused by a gas leak. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Partial building collapse in Paris suburb kills 2

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 1:28 pm

Raw: Protesters Clash With Pakistan Police

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 1:13 pm

Today in History for August 31st

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 1:09 pm

Israel shoots down drone from Syria over Golan

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 12:46 pm

Al Qaeda-linked group releases 5 Lebanese troops

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 12:44 pm

Magnitude-6 earthquake jolts northern Pakistan

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 12:39 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2014 file photo, Palestinians look for their belongings after houses were destroyed in Israeli strikes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Amid fear that Hamas had captured an Israeli soldier, the Israeli military sealed off the Rafah area and began shelling on Aug. 1, 2014. By the end of the next day, 190 Palestinians were dead, according to a list of names compiled by two Gaza human rights groups. The suspected capture of the soldier turned out to be a false alarm and the Rafah operation is almost certain to be a focus of U.N. investigators and rights groups looking into possible war crimes because it highlights a key concern: The treatment of civilians. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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Israeli fire on Gaza town raises war crimes claim

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · August 31, 2014 12:00 pm