Tag: World

Ukrainian army personnel carry an Ukrainian government soldier injured by tank fire to an ambulance in the rebel-held town of Starobesheve, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Half an hour later the soldier died. Ukrainian government forces have succumbed to a sequence of military failures and seen their holdings in the conflict-ridden east shrink in recent days as Russian-backed rebels continue their fast-paced offensive. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Pro-Russia rebels confident after making gains

Peter Leonard · August 30, 2014 7:11 pm

Saudi king warns of terrorist threat to Europe, US

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 7:10 pm

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, holds the hands of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. European Union leaders have nominated Italy's Mogherini to become the 28-nation bloc's new foreign policy chief for the next five years. The EU leaders also elected Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to succeed European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in December as EU summit chairman and behind-the-scenes broker of compromises among national leaders. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU leaders pick Italian as bloc’s new top diplomat

Juergen Baetz · August 30, 2014 7:06 pm

Bahraini activist detained on arrival to kingdom

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 6:43 pm

Counter-demonstrators protesting against an election meeting arranged by the neo-Nazi party "Svenskarnas Parti" clash with the police at the Kungstradgarden square in central Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. The protesters let off smoke-bombs as they confronted police who enforced a cordon to enable the far right Svenskarnas Parti to hold their meeting. (AP Photo / Fredrik Persson / TT) SWEDEN OUT

Clashes at Stockholm protest against neo-Nazis

Karl Ritter · August 30, 2014 6:35 pm

Yemen clash kills 4 troops, 13 suspected militants

Ahmed AlHaj · August 30, 2014 5:08 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Rouhani declined to answer a question about a detained Washington Post journalist, Jason Rezaian. Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, a correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper The National, who have been held for more than a month. Iranian officials have not specifically said why Rezaian and his wife were detained. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

Iran’s president dodges question on held reporter

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 4:55 pm

Actor Al Pacino, right, and director Barry Levinson pose during the photo call for the movie 'The humbling' at the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

VENICE WATCH: Director’s praise for Robin Williams

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 4:46 pm

‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ draft released

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 4:39 pm

Supporters take part in the 'No to NATO' protest march in Newport, south Wales, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Around 1,000 protesters have marched through the streets of Newport ahead of next week's NATO summit. More than 150 heads of state and ministers will attend the two-day event at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort. The event will be "uncharted territory" for police - while Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones has said it will be "momentous" in his country's history. However, its presence in the principality - and the UK - has been met with strong opposition from a number of anti-war groups as well as left-wing organizations. A large crowd gathered outside Newport Crown Court at around midday before going on a march through the Welsh city. As well as strong Welsh contingent, protesters came from as far as Washington, Belgium, France and Ireland. (AP Photo/Benjamin Wright, PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES

Hundreds protest in Wales before NATO summit

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 3:53 pm

North Koreans watch a pro-wrestler leave the fighting arena after a match, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans got their first look at pro wrestling in about 20-years on Saturday when former NFL lineman Bob "The Beast" Sapp, and 20 other fighters from around the world took to the ring for an exhibition in Pyongyang, put together by colourful Japanese pro-wrestler Kanji "Antonio" Inoki, who is now a member of parliament. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Pro wrestling returns to the ring in North Korea

Eric Talmadge · August 30, 2014 3:52 pm

In this photo taken on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, a health worker measures a patient's temperature at the Connaught Hospital, which has suffered the loss of medical workers in the past from the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan was one of those on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak. The tireless Khan was jovial but forceful, doling out praise and criticism to junior doctors at his hospital. But Khan became infected and died, and so have at least 120 other medical workers in Sierra Leone and in three other countries, creating immediate and long-term impacts in a region that already had an understaffed and under equipped health care system. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)

Ebola takes big toll on already poor health care

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2014 3:18 pm