Tag: World

A worker paints yellow over the blue at one of Moscow's Stalin-era skyscraper with a star on top, which was painted in colors of Ukrainian national flag in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Protesters plant Ukraine flag on Moscow skyscraper

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 1:01 pm

FILE - In this Friday, May 27, 2011, file photo, journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston. A video by Islamic State militants that purports to show the killing of Foley by the militant group was released Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

National Security

British fighter appears to have role in beheading

DANICA KIRKAJILL LAWLESS · August 20, 2014 12:28 pm

In this Aug. 2, 2014 photo, Maria Torero, plays with a group of 175 cats with leukemia in her home in Lima, Peru. Torero says caring for cats with feline leukemia is her responsibility. Anybody else can care for healthy animals. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

AP PHOTOS: Peruvian nurse cares for 175 sick cats

Franklin Briceno · August 20, 2014 11:57 am

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111-year-old from Japan recognized as oldest man

Mari Yamaguchi · August 20, 2014 9:11 am

Local residents stand in line to get benefit payments outside the rebel headquarters in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. A crowd formed outside the rebel headquarters, once the Donetsk region administrative building, in Donetsk amid rumors that pension and disability payments and child assistance were being given out. (AP Photo/Max Vetrov)

Ukraine’s rebel capital seeks ersatz normality

Peter Leonard · August 20, 2014 9:10 am

A man is arrested as police try to disperse a crowd during protests in Ferguson, Mo. early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

National Security

Chinese, Russian media turn criticisms back on US

Christopher Bodeen · August 20, 2014 8:08 am

Iraq Shiite fighters prepare to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Fighters of the voluntary armed group formed after the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to protect holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Iraqis in besieged town appeal to army for help

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 7:34 am

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry points a finger as he arrives in Sydney. In its latest personal attack on a prominent official, North Korea has called Kerry a wild dog with a "hideous lantern jaw." (AP Photo/Peter Parks, Pool)

National Security

North Korea insults John Kerry over his looks

HyungJin Kim · August 20, 2014 7:33 am

FILE - In this July 20, 2014 file photo, an Israeli attack helicopter shoots flares near the Israel and Gaza border. When Israel completes its damage assessment from its latest war with Hamas, it may conclude that one of the biggest casualties was its all-important relationship with the United States. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)

Israeli-US relations tested once again in Gaza war

Aron Heller · August 20, 2014 6:23 am

China’s latest bus fire kills 1, injures 19

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 4:56 am

Press groups urge probe of Honduras reporter slay

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 3:03 am

In this Aug. 19, 2014 photo, rescuers prepare to go into the Dongfang Coal Mine in Xiejiaji District of Huainan City, east China's Anhui Province, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. An explosion Tuesday in the coal mine in eastern China trapped 27 workers underground, state media reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Duan) NO SALES

Energy and Environment

Blast in China coal mine kills 2, traps 25 miners

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 2:28 am