Tag: World

Police say Philippine train smashes into concrete barrier, injuring scores of passengers.

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 8:55 am

Egypt’s top cleric condemns Islamic State

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 8:26 am

HOLD FOR STORY SLUGGED CHINA GOING TO US HIGH SCHOOL BY DIDI TANG IN BEIJING, SCHEDULED TO MOVE IN LATE AUGUST - In this Thursday, July 10, 2014 photo, Lisa Li, a high school student at the U.S. prep school Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., stands in front of the Stephen Robert Campus Center on the Brown University Campus in Providence, RI. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Chinese seek freedom, edge at US high schools

Didi Tang · August 13, 2014 5:45 am

FILE - This undated file photo shows Israeli Army 2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, from Kfar Saba, central Israel. Israel's military announced early Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, that Goldin, of the Givati infantry brigade, had been killed in battle.(AP Photo/YNet News) ISRAEL OUT

Israeli tactic to stop soldier capture criticized

Aron Heller · August 13, 2014 5:08 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to bid farewell in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Kerry ended his vist in Australia for an annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) meeting. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)

National Security

Kerry visits Solomon Islands, sees WWII memorials

Matthew Lee · August 13, 2014 4:59 am

Israel targeting mosques hurts Gaza social fabric

Hamza Hendawi · August 13, 2014 4:32 am

People watch as earth and dust spill on the Pan-American highway as result of an earthquake, at Oyacoto, north of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. A magnitude-5.1 earthquake shook Ecuador's capital and surrounding areas Tuesday, causing tall buildings to sway and sending some people rushing into the streets. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Quake rattles Ecuador’s capital; 2 deaths reported

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 3:07 am

UN: OK to use untested Ebola drugs in outbreak

MARIA CHENGCIARAN GILES · August 13, 2014 2:43 am

Clifford Brandt, center, is placed against the wall at the police station after his arrest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Brandt was taken into custody in the Haitian town of Cornillon, near the border with the Dominican Republic, Communications Minister Rudy Heriveaux said. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti recaptures kidnapper who escaped prison

Evens Sanon · August 13, 2014 2:32 am

In this Nov. 23, 2013 photo, a guard looks out through a hole in the closed door of the Ramco Industries Ltd. factory which manufactures asbestos products in Bhojpur district of Bihar state, India. Scientists and medical experts overwhelmingly agree that inhaling any form of asbestos can lead to deadly diseases, but the Indian asbestos lobby say the risks are overblown. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

Katy Daigle · August 13, 2014 2:23 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad. On Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, al-Maliki ordered security forces not to intervene in the current political crisis over who will be the next prime minister, but rather focus on defending the country, which is under attack by Sunni militants in the north. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)

Iraq’s prime minister seems increasingly isolated

VIVIAN SALAMASAMEER N. YACOUB · August 13, 2014 2:18 am

Problems seen in Venezuela-Colombia border closure

FABIOLA SANCHEZHANNAH DREIER · August 13, 2014 1:59 am