Tag: World

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, greets Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop during a meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Australia and Indonesia have reached a new agreement on how they'll use their intelligence operations in the future, even settling their disagreement on its name. The agreement their foreign ministers are scheduled to sign Thursday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali is designed to mend a rift sparked last November by accusations that Australians tapped the cellphones of the Indonesian president, his wife and eight ministers and officials in 2009. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Indonesia, Australia sign new security agreement

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 9:34 am

Rescue workers lift a wall that collapsed after a landslide hit Yingping village in Fuquan city in southwest China's Guizhou province Thursday Aug. 28, 2014. Six people died and 21 remained missing Thursday after a landslide hit a village in southwestern China, according to Chinese state media. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

6 dead, 21 missing in landslide in southwest China

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 8:56 am

Filipino bishops to counter Islamic State group

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 8:46 am

Correction: Thailand-Six-Legged Livestock story

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 7:44 am

National Security

A look at the Islamic State militants in Syria

Zeina Karam · August 28, 2014 5:40 am

Stone-carved guardian dogs sit at the entrance of a memorial compound honoring World War II-era war criminals in Koyasan Okuno-in temple in Koya town, Wakayama prefecture, central Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga acknowledged Wednesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 29 sent a note to the Koyasan temple's ceremony honoring hundreds of war criminals that praised their contributions to the country. Suga said that Abe sent the note to the ceremony, but in his capacity as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, not as prime minister. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

China calls on Japan to break with militarism

Mari Yamaguchi · August 28, 2014 4:59 am

Mauricio Ruiz, 24, sailor of the Chilean Navy, right, comes out publicly as gay during a press conference in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday 27, 2014. Ruiz who was accompanied by Rolando Jimenez, left, president of the Homosexual Liberation and Integration Movement, is the first member of the Chilean armed forces ever to come out publicly as gay with the approval of the High Command of the Chilean navy. (AP Photo/Eva Vergara)

Chile sailor publicly discloses his homosexuality

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 3:30 am

Girls in Colombian town struck by mystery illness

JOSHUA GOODMANCESAR GARCIA · August 28, 2014 12:54 am

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Juan Palese, a marijuana grower, shows his crop outside of Montevideo, Uruguay. People in Uruguay who want to grow their own marijuana at home were able to register to do so Wednesday Aug. 27, 2014, as the government launched the latest phase in its first-of-its-kind legalization program. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)

Uruguayans can now sign up to grow pot at home

Leonardo Haberkorn · August 28, 2014 12:02 am

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2014, file photo, officers belonging to Mexico's newest police force, known as the gendarmerie, salute during the launching ceremony for the new force at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City. Officials said Tuesday Aug. 27, 2014, that the first assignment for members of the new police force is Valle de Bravo, a chic resort town near Mexico City that has seen a recent spate of kidnappings. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

New police force sent to Mexican town near capital

Olga Rodriguez · August 27, 2014 11:56 pm

New counterterrorism units at Australian airports

Rod McGuirk · August 27, 2014 11:46 pm

Niger lawmaker flees before being questioned

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 11:30 pm