Tag: World

Chinese provincial government says death toll in southern China earthquake rises to 589

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2014 3:38 am

People pray for the atomic bomb victims in a rain at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, early Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Japan marked the 69th anniversary Wednesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan marks 69th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Mari Yamaguchi · August 6, 2014 3:00 am

In this map released on July 31, 2014, by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss said on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, that Dutch contractor Fugro Survey Pty. Ltd. will conduct the underwater search for the Malaysian airliner that crashed off the Australian coast in March. (AP Photo/Joint Agency Coordination Centre) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Dutch contractor selected for Malaysian jet search

Rod McGuirk · August 6, 2014 2:55 am

US neutralizes 60 percent of toxic Syria chemicals

Edith Lederer · August 6, 2014 2:03 am

Attorney: Force-fed Gitmo prisoner’s life at risk

Danica Coto · August 6, 2014 1:46 am

Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks as the U.N. Security Council meets to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at the United Nations headquarters. The spread of fighting into Donetsk could result in an alarming escalation in the humanitarian crisis gripping the country's easternmost regions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

UN: Humanitarian situation in Ukraine worsening

Trenton Daniel · August 6, 2014 1:16 am

UN condemns persecution of Iraq’s minorities

Edith Lederer · August 6, 2014 1:05 am

Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, right, reacts before a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Carlotto, one of the most prominent human rights activists in Argentina, has located the grandson born to her daughter Laura in captivity during the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976-1983. Laura was kidnapped and killed by the military in August 1978. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

DNA test ends a mystery of Argentina’s ‘dirty war’

Ben Fox · August 6, 2014 12:46 am

Afghan soldier kills US general, wounds about 15

faiezlolita-baldor, robert-burnsrahim · August 6, 2014 12:23 am

Jordan circulates revised UN resolution on Gaza

Edith Lederer · August 5, 2014 11:21 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 24, 2006 file photo, Roman Catholic priest Antonio Rodriguez Tercero explains the function of the youth center in the San Salvador suburb Mejicanos, El Salvador. More charges have been filed against a Spanish priest arrested July 30, 2014, accusing him of getting imprisoned gang members transferred to less harsh prisons and helping them continue extorting people from inside their cells, Salvadoran prosecutors said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)

El Salvador add charges for priest in gang case

Marcos Aleman · August 5, 2014 11:12 pm

Costa Rica nabs trafficker wanted in El Salvador

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 11:11 pm