Tag: World

Pope Francis walks with his pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate a mass at a soccer stadium in Daejeon, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Tens of thousands of Asian Catholics gave a boisterous welcome to Pope Francis on Friday as he celebrated his first public Mass in South Korea, a country with a small but growing church that is seen by the Vatican as a model for the rest of the world.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope makes tough sell on materialism in SKorea

Nicole Winfield · August 15, 2014 4:02 am

Thai building collapse death toll rises to 14

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 3:29 am

Anti US base protesters in canoe are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard speed boat in Nago, Okinawa, southern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Japanese officials said buoys are being floated off the southernmost island of Okinawa in one of the first steps in the relocation of an American military base. The buoys define the area where the construction will begin on a facility in coastal Henoko that will house the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which will be relocated from a crowded residential area of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

National Security

US military takes 1st step in relocation in Japan

Yuri Kageyama · August 15, 2014 3:21 am

A child peers out near a cross on a gate of the Wangfujing Catholic Church in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Pope Francis' greeting to Chinese President Xi Jinping as he flew to South Korea early Thursday was a rare cordial exchange between the sides that have no diplomatic relations and are embroiled in a sometimes bitter contest for authority. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Pope’s South Korea visit brings China opportunity

Christopher Bodeen · August 15, 2014 2:09 am

Mexican mayor detained for alleged links to cartel

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 1:35 am

National Security

Iraq’s al-Maliki gives up post to rival

SAMEER N. YACOUBQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · August 15, 2014 1:06 am

This undated photo made available by Ryerson University in Toronto on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 shows hitchBOT in a car. The talking robot that's been hitchhiking rides from strangers to travel from Canada's east to west coast is nearing the end of its journey. Its final destination is Victoria, British Columbia, Canada which its creators expect it to reach by Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Ryerson University)

Hitchhiking robot travels across Canada

Charmaine Noronha · August 14, 2014 11:38 pm

Santos endorses medical marijuana for Colombia

Cesar Garcia · August 14, 2014 11:23 pm

UN chief urges meeting on nuclear-free Mideast

Edith Lederer · August 14, 2014 10:54 pm

A Liberian woman holds up a pamphlet with guidance on how to prevent the Ebola virus from spreading, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Liberian officials faced a difficult choice Thursday: deciding which handful of Ebola patients will receive an experimental drug that could prove life-saving, ineffective or even harmful. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

WHO: Ebola toll may ‘vastly underestimate’ crisis

JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEHSARAH DiLORENZO · August 14, 2014 10:51 pm

Haiti tense after summons issued for ex-president

Evens Sanon · August 14, 2014 10:46 pm

UN to vote on measure to combat al-Qaida fighters

Edith Lederer · August 14, 2014 9:58 pm