Tag: World

Syrian opposition meets to elect new president

Bassem Mroue · July 6, 2014 7:12 pm

People watch a church service from outside in Lac-Megantic, Que. on Sunday July 6, 2014 on the first anniversary of a train derailment in the small Quebec town that killed 47 people. A parked Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train with 72 tankers of crude oil rolled down an incline, derailed and slammed into downtown Lac-Megantic last July 6. Several tankers exploded, destroying 40 buildings in the lakeside town of 6,000. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

Energy and Environment

Quebec remembers victims of oil train disaster

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 6:50 pm

Ethnic Albanians protest court ruling on slayings

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 5:43 pm

Oscar Pistorius gestures, as he sits in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, July 3, 2014, at his ongoing murder trial. Pistorius is a "paradox" whose past triumphs as a sprinter crossing the finish line with raised arms contrasted sharply with the daily, severe limitations that he endured because of his disability, a physician testified Thursday at the runner's murder trial. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey, Pool)

Video footage shows Pistorius re-enacting killing

Christopher Torchia · July 6, 2014 5:37 pm

Waves crash against rock embankments that protect the Escuminac road against erosion during Tropical storm Arthur in Escuminac, New Brunswick, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Tropical storm Arthur hit Canada's Maritime provinces with near-hurricane strength winds and torrential rains, knocking out power to nearly 200,000 customers. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Diane Doiron)

Atlantic Canada cleans up after Arthur strikes

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 5:33 pm

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a press conference at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 6, 2014. The country's election crisis deepened Sunday as the two presidential candidates, Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, sparred over the release of preliminary results and calls mounted for a broader investigation of suspect ballots amid allegations of massive fraud. Abdullah, who garnered the most votes in the first round of voting on April 5 but failed to get the majority needed to win outright, has boycotted the electoral institutions after alleging widespread ballot box stuffing and other efforts to rig the June 14 runoff vote against him. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan candidates spar over release of results

Rahim Faiez · July 6, 2014 5:10 pm

A firefighter officer examines the crash site of a plane near the village of Topolow in Poland, Saturday, July 5, 2014. The small Piper Navajo aircraft carrying parachutists crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff, killing several people and injuring at least one. (AP Photo)

Poland opens criminal probe into parachuting crash

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 4:58 pm

Colombia WCup team welcomed home as heroes

Associated Press · July 6, 2014 4:20 pm

Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a return to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Djokovic takes 2-1 set lead in Wimbledon final

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 3:41 pm

Policemen stand near the wreckage of a burnt vehicle after gunmen attacked, outside Gamba police station in Gamba, Kenya, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Eighteen people were killed in overnight attacks by the gunmen in two counties on the Kenyan coast, where last month al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility for killing 65 people, the Kenya Red Cross said Sunday. The Sunday attacks took place in the towns of Hindi in Lamu county and Gamba in Tana River, the Kenya Red Cross chief Abbas Gulet said. Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants from Somalia claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AP Photo)

Red Cross: 22 dead in attacks on Kenyan coast

Tom Odula · July 6, 2014 3:29 pm

Yemen clashes between rebels, tribesmen kill 35

Ahmed AlHaj · July 6, 2014 2:36 pm

Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a return to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Federer wins 1st set of Wimbledon final

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 2:12 pm