Tag: World

Experts find 283 DNA samples from MH17 site

Mike Corder · August 27, 2014 12:09 pm

Erdogan rules out obedient role for successor

Suzan Fraser · August 27, 2014 11:59 am

A supporter of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan uses her cell phone to take picture of Khan during a protest near the parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri are besieging parliament in the capital to pressure Sharif to resign over alleged election fraud. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan minister urges opposition to ease demands

Munir Ahmed · August 27, 2014 11:41 am

FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, a trail of fire lines the banks after piles of garbage were set afire at the end of the Mahakumbh mela festival at the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna in Allahabad, India. A new study shows that rampant trash-burning is releasing more polluting emissions than governments are reporting.The researchers estimate about 41 percent of the world's garbage is burned in backyards, fields, dumps or incinerators. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh, file)

Energy and Environment

Global trash burning more polluting than expected

Katy Daigle · August 27, 2014 11:23 am

North Korea calls US ‘graveyard of human rights’

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 11:22 am

In this photo taken August 2, 2014, the Chinatown Gate, a key land mark that was built in 2002 to commemorate the 72nd birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyedej, stands at the main entrance to Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand. Century-old shop houses, twisting alleyways and temples scented with incense in Bangkokâs Chinatown still pulsate with the pursuit of old trades and time-honored rituals of families who have lived there for generations. But probably not for much longer. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Asia’s old communities vanishing amid rapid growth

Denis Gray · August 27, 2014 9:12 am

A man, left, walk past a Ebola awareness campaign poster, in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Sevi Herve Gbekide )

West Africans get creative with Ebola awareness

MarcAndre Boisvert · August 27, 2014 9:12 am

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows cloudiness from western New England through the Middle Mississippi Valley and central Plains associated with a stationary front. Rain showers and scattered thunderstorms along this boundary. High pressure dominates across the southeastern United States with mostly sunny skies. Hurricane Cristobal will cause rip current issues along the eastern seaboard, but will not have any direct impacts to the United States.(AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

Hurricane Cristobal heads toward Bermuda

Danica Coto · August 27, 2014 8:59 am

Raw: Gaza Residents Celebrate Ceasefire

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 8:17 am

Afghanistan’s one-time booming war economy slows

Rebecca Santana · August 27, 2014 5:23 am

WBO Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, left, of the Philippines, and WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri of United States, right, pose for photographers during a news conference in Macau, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. The boxers are scheduled to battle in WBO welterweight title match at The Venetian Macao on Nov. 23 in Macau. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Pacquiao to help set up boxing academy in China

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 4:53 am

China bus-truck collision death toll rises to 15

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 4:46 am