Tag: World

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, a 26-year-old gay Ugandan man, who insisted on anonymity because of fears for his safety, poses for a photograph after speaking to The Associated Press, in Nairobi, Kenya. When a Ugandan court overturned the country's Anti-Homosexuality Act this month, rights activists worldwide claimed a victory - but not gay Ugandans who fled persecution to live in a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ugandan gays who fled to Kenya still feel danger

Corinne Chin · August 17, 2014 5:17 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammad Berno, Iranian Presidency Office)

UN: Iran ready to cooperate on nuclear probe

George Jahn · August 17, 2014 5:02 pm

People pass by Ebola virus health warning signs, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital's largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including blood-stained sheets and mattresses. The violence in the West Point slum occurred late Saturday and was led by residents angry that patients were brought from other parts of the capital to the holding center, Tolbert Nyenswah, assistant health minister, said Sunday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Liberia: Ebola fears rise as clinic is looted

Jonathan PayeLayleh · August 17, 2014 4:48 pm

Man with many piercings denied entry to Dubai

Adam Schreck · August 17, 2014 4:31 pm

Participants hold a Chinese national flag and a Hong Kong flag as tens of thousands of people march on a down town street to oppose a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. The rally was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried banners or shouted slogans saying they were opposed to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong pro-gov’t rally

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 3:57 pm

In this photo taken during a Syrian government-led media tour, buildings damaged during battles between Syrian troops and rebels stand along an empty street in Mleiha, some 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Syrian government troops captured the fiercely contested suburb of the capital Thursday after five months of heavy fighting, flushing rebels from their last hideouts and quickly moving to crush pockets of resistance in the surrounding countryside, activists and state media said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Syrian airstrikes target Islamic State group

Ryan Lucas · August 17, 2014 3:45 pm

Indonesia boat with foreigners sinks; 15 missing

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 2:04 pm

Liberia: Fears of new infections rise as Ebola clinic is looted in capital’s largest slum

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 2:03 pm

Ukrainian, Russian officials to meet in Berlin

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 1:11 pm

Sweet job: England seeks ‘choc doc’ to study candy

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 12:24 pm

Man on slashing spree in China kills 2, injures 14

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 11:34 am

Hip hop, graffiti in Lebanon tag a nation’s woes

Sam Kimball · August 17, 2014 11:12 am