Tag: World

In Iraq’s Mosul, radicals unleash their vision

Vivian Salama · July 28, 2014 6:50 pm

Correction: Tour de France story

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 6:13 pm

Bolivian president seeks votes in the bedroom

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 5:57 pm

Israeli prime minister says Israelis must be ready ‘for a long campaign’ in Gaza Strip

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 5:42 pm

In this photo taken on Sunday, July 27, 2014, a boy, center, selling soft drinks walk past a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone. Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has closed some border crossings and ordered strict quarantines of communities affected by the Ebola outbreak. The announcement late Sunday came a day after Sirleaf formed a new taskforce charged with containing the disease, which has killed 129 people in the country and more than 670 across the region.(AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)

5 things to know about Ebola outbreak in W. Africa

The Associated Press · July 28, 2014 5:14 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, shakes hands with worshippers on the first day of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at the Khair mosque, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian casualties surge as jihadis consolidate

ZEINA KARAMSAM KIMBALL · July 28, 2014 5:02 pm

The U.N. Security Council convenes on the worsening situation in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 28, 2014. The U.N. Security Council called for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas at an emergency meeting just after midnight Monday morning. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

UN chief reinforces call for Gaza cease-fire

Edith Lederer · July 28, 2014 4:26 pm

Dutch policemen walk in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 27, 2014. A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the site of the Malaysian plane disaster in eastern Ukraine cancelled the trip Sunday after receiving reports of fighting in the area. Alexander Hug, the deputy head of a monitoring team from the OSCE in Europe, said it would be too dangerous for the unarmed mission to travel to the site from its current location in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

UN rights chief: Flight 17 possible war crime

John Heilprin · July 28, 2014 4:08 pm

Poland, Britain call for more sanctions on Russia

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 4:03 pm

Iraqis visit the grave of a relative on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2014. Monday marked the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims usually start the day by visiting cemeteries, to pay their respects to the dead, and then exchange family visits. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq police find 17 bodies, some bound, in Baghdad

Sinan Salaheddin · July 28, 2014 3:55 pm

Papal first: Francis visits Pentecostal church

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 3:52 pm

Palestinian May Amin, 2, rides a swing while celebrating on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. The Amin family, originally from the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, moved in with relatives in another part of town because of heavy Israeli strikes in heir area. As Muslims began celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Monday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, there was mostly fear and mourning instead of holiday cheer in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Muslims mark end of Ramadan with Eid celebrations

Aya Batrawy · July 28, 2014 3:48 pm