Tag: World

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses Congress as Senate President Reinaldo Pared looks on in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Ban asked legislators to work toward preventing Dominicans of Haitian descent from being denied Dominican citizenship. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)

UN chief urges solution on Dominican citizenship

EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ · July 16, 2014 10:39 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks to the media after closed-door nuclear talks on Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Secretary of State John Kerry says he's headed back to Washington today for consultations about extending the nuclear talks between Iran and world powers. Kerry says there's some progress in the talks but also "very real gaps" that will require a lot of work to overcome. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

National Security

Iran nuke talks likely to be extended past July 20

George Jahn · July 16, 2014 10:36 pm

Egyptian men sentenced to life in prison for sexual assaults on women during a number of public rallies in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, hide their faces their trial at a court in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The court sentenced eight men to prison for sexual violence following the government's decision to toughen penalties. Sexual violence has been on the rise in Egypt, particularly during public gatherings in the past three years. (AP Photo/Aly Hazzaa, El Shorouk) EGYPT OUT

Egypt sentences 7 to life for sexual assaults

SARAH EL DEEB · July 16, 2014 10:33 pm

A girl says goodbye to her friend, a volunteer, before they were sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of special battalion "Azov", during a ceremony to take the oath of allegiance to Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Urban warfare feared in Ukraine fighting

Peter Leonard · July 16, 2014 10:04 pm

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives at the European People's Party summit, hours ahead of an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. European Union leaders meet to nominate their candidates for the 28-nation bloc's two top jobs. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU leaders order tougher sanctions against Russia

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 9:58 pm

Puerto Rico gov pledges new plebiscite on status

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 9:57 pm

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shout anti Israeli slogans during a protest against the Israeli army's bombings in the Gaza strip, in Paris, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Placard reads: "Stop the blockade of Gaza". (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris bans pro-Palestinian protest amid tensions

Angela Charlton · July 16, 2014 9:54 pm

European Union leaders order escalation of sanctions on Russia over actions in Ukraine

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 9:16 pm

Curacao searches for attackers in airport shooting

David McFadden · July 16, 2014 9:13 pm

A woman cries as Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A Hamas website says Israel has fired missiles at the homes of four of its senior leaders as it resumed bombardment of Gaza, following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort. Health officials say the Palestinian death toll in nine days of fighting has reached 204. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Nowhere to go for Gaza civilians urged to evacuate

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · July 16, 2014 8:23 pm

Israeli army says it has agreed to a “humanitarian” pause in strikes on Gaza Strip

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 7:58 pm

UN calls on Israel to agree to humanitarian pause

Edith Lederer · July 16, 2014 7:52 pm