Tag: World

This aerial photo shows buildings toppled down by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake at the quake's epicenter in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Rescuers dug through shattered homes Monday looking for survivors of the strong earthquake in southern China as the death toll rose to hundreds of people, with more than 1,800 injured. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xue Yubin) NO SALES

Lakes formed by quake in China threaten flooding

Christopher Bodeen · August 5, 2014 5:27 am

Australia berates Israel over ‘shocking’ attacks

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 5:13 am

3-day truce between Israel, Hamas takes effect, sets stage for talks on sustainable cease-fire

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 5:01 am

In this April 16, 2014 photo, Yoshiki Sasai, deputy chief of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo. Police said Sasai, 52, was found Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at a government science institute RIKEN in Kobe, western Japan. Sasai had supervised and co-authored stem-cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

Japan scientist in research scandal found dead

Mari Yamaguchi · August 5, 2014 4:37 am

Israeli military: All forces will have withdrawn from Gaza by start of cease-fire at 8 a.m.

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 4:37 am

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2013 file photo, members of Japan Self-Defense Forces march during the Self-Defense Forces Day at Asaka Base, north of Tokyo. Japan's annual defense white paper approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, expresses strong concern about China's military build-up, citing its neighbor's increased airspace and maritime activities. But officials said separately that Japan's defense budget may be insufficient to achieve the goals set by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bolster the country's military. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

China top worry in annual Japan defense report

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 4:30 am

Bangladeshi woman Munni, whose daughters are missing, cries as rescuers search the River Padma after a passenger ferry capsized in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized Monday in central Bangladesh, and at least 44 people either swam to safety or were rescued, but the number of missing passengers is not yet known. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh rescuers struggle to find sunken ferry

alemrun-garjon · August 5, 2014 4:02 am

This image released by British Consulate-General shows the cast of Shakespeare's Globe production of "Hamlet," during a rehearsal at the United Nations of Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/British Consulate-General, Russ Rowland)

Touring ‘Hamlet’ gets a standing ovation at UN

Mark Kennedy · August 5, 2014 3:33 am

China investigates 2 Canadians for secret stealing

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 3:30 am

National Security

Groups: US political effort in Cuba hurts aid work

DESMOND BUTLERJACK GILLUMPETER ORSIANDREA RODRIGUEZ · August 5, 2014 3:19 am

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries the body of Avrohom Wallis during his funeral in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. An assault carried out with a construction vehicle served as another reminder of the tense climate. Israeli TV stations broadcast a series of amateur videos of the attack, in which a Palestinian man used the front shovel of a construction excavator to ram a bus and tip it over. Police said a man who worked at the site was run over and killed by the construction vehicle. He was identified as a 29-year-old religious inspector whose job was to ensure that ancient graves were not damaged by construction work. A policeman who happened to be in the area shot the driver, who was identified as a resident of a Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem. The man's uncle, Hisham Jaabis, said the incident was a traffic accident and that his nephew had been gunned down in cold blood while trying to dodge the bus. "All of them started shooting at him," he said. In the past, Palestinian attackers have gone on deadly rampages with bulldozers in Jerusalem traffic. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel, Hamas accept Egyptian cease-fire plan

Josef Federman · August 5, 2014 3:00 am

Nigeria health officials wait to screen passengers at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as officials across the region battle to stop the spread of a disease that has killed more than 700 people. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Death toll from Ebola in W. Africa hits 887: WHO

BASHIR ADIGUNJONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH · August 5, 2014 1:38 am