Tag: World

Puerto Rico man pleads guilty to bribing judge

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2014 9:50 pm

Drivers listen to instructions as they stand near their white trucks with humanitarian aid after parking in a field about 28 kilometers from Ukrainian border in Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Russia on Tuesday dispatched some hundreds of trucks, although only a small proportion were counted in this convoy, covered in white tarps on a mission to deliver aid to a rebel-held zone in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine, Russia parry over Russian aid convoy

alexander-roslyakov · August 14, 2014 9:07 pm

Iraqi state TV: Nouri al-Maliki has given up the post of prime minister to Haider al-Abadi

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2014 7:52 pm

Displaced Palestinian family members pass their time at the U.N. school where they sought refuge during the war, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced in the Israel-Hamas war that began July 8, at least 10,000 housing units have been destroyed and many have found refuge at U.N. schools turned into shelters. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

National Security

Palestinians voice optimism as Gaza truce holds

MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHTIA GOLDENBERG · August 14, 2014 7:14 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin pauses, during a meeting with cultural figures at Chekhov museum in the Black Sea resort of Yalta, Crimea, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Putin addressed hundreds of lawmakers Thursday in Yalta in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in March.

Putin tones down rhetoric on Ukraine

Nataliya Vasilyeva · August 14, 2014 6:53 pm

In this Aug. 6, 2014, photo, displaced Iraqis who fled from their towns after advances by Islamic militants take shelter in Najaf, Iraq. Some 50,000 newly displaced Shiite Turkmen arrived the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where they are safe for now _ but not without extreme hardship. They journeyed several hours across Iraq's sprawling deserts. Some traveled without food or water in the blistering heat made worse by an overcrowded buses of hysterical refugees _ many of them far less fortunate, having lost a relative or two at the hands of the unforgiving militants who view them as apostates. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Displaced Iraqis escape fighting, but not hardship

VIVIAN SALAMASAMEER N. YACOUB · August 14, 2014 6:48 pm

FILE- In this Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 file photo, Palestinian Ziad Rizk, sits with others in a shelter made of a blanket stretched over four boles next to one of the destroyed al-Nada Towers, where he lost his apartment and clothes shop, in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. Dozens of residents the al-Nada Towers took advantage of the latest truce to visit their homes, salvage what they can and exchange tips on how best to seek and secure compensation for their homes. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

National Security

Subtle voices of dissent surface in war-torn Gaza

Hamza Hendawi · August 14, 2014 6:40 pm

Competing Convoys Converge on Eastern Ukraine

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2014 5:48 pm

American Presidents and European Anti-Semitism

Edward Alexander · August 14, 2014 5:32 pm

Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, center, gestures as he leaves for Islamabad from Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Roads leading to the parliament in Islamabad are being blocked in run up to announced protests by Khan and anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri. Both men want the government to step down and new elections to be held. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Thousands on the road in Pakistan opposition rally

ZAHEER BABARMUNIR AHMED · August 14, 2014 5:22 pm

UN: Over 100,000 migrants reach Italy this year

Washington Examiner · August 14, 2014 5:17 pm

Meerkat Manor leans against a tree trunk in an enclosure at the Pretoria Zoo, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. One of the most captivating sights of African wildlife is that of sharp-eyed meerkats standing side-by-side on their hindlegs, as though posing for a group photograph. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe )

Energy and Environment

New study explores sinister side of meerkats

Christopher Torchia · August 14, 2014 4:43 pm