Tag: World

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urges peaceful transition

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 12:35 pm

Ebola fears nix Sierra Leone troop trip to Somalia

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 12:26 pm

5 suspected rebels killed in clash in Indonesia

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 12:09 pm

Novice Buddhist monks walk to collect alms in the rain following a cleric's rule of no footwear nor use of umbrellas on a street of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Downpours during the monsoon season are intense, and often more than 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) of water falls in an hour resulting flash floods and traffic jams. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Image of Asia: Collecting alms in the rain

The Associated Press · August 1, 2014 12:07 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference addressed jointly with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 31, 2014. This is Kerry's first visit to India following the resounding election win of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)

National Security

Brokering a truce in Gaza no easy deal for Kerry

Lara Jakes · August 1, 2014 11:24 am

South Africa: Giraffe’s head hits highway overpass

Christopher Torchia · August 1, 2014 11:12 am

Gaza Truce Unravels; Israel, Hamas Trade Blame

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 11:07 am

Official says Israeli tank fire has killed at least 27 Palestinians in southern Gaza

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 10:04 am

In this photo taken on Saturday, July 26, 2014, the graves of World War I soldiers, Private George Ellison, background right, and Private John Parr, foreground, face each other at the Saint Symphorien Cemetery near Mons, Belgium. Parr and Ellison were the first and the last, respectively, Commonwealth soldiers to die in battle during World War I. Purely by coincidence the graves are separated only by a few feet. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Europe started WWI a century ago, blind to tragedy

Raf Casert · August 1, 2014 9:56 am

Chandrakant Zanjare, who said he lost 13 family members to a landslide, wails near the site where his house stood in Malin village, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Heavy rains hampered efforts Friday by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that engulfed an entire village in western India crossed 50. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Mud, rain hamper landslide rescue in India

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 9:53 am

Europe in push to stop violence against women

Sylvie Corbet · August 1, 2014 9:25 am

In this Friday, July 4, 2014 photo, the ground of the planned prayer and educational building House of One, is seen in Berlin. House of One will house a Jewish synagogue, a Christian church and a mosque. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Interfaith house of prayer to be built in Berlin

Kirsten Grieshaber · August 1, 2014 7:43 am