Tag: World

Diplomats: ‘House of Cards’ can’t film at UN

Edith Lederer · July 3, 2014 12:27 am

US Bill of Rights to show in UK for first time

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 11:02 pm

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 an Iraqi woman inspects her damaged house after clashes between fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Iraqi security forces in central Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced this week that it has unilaterally established a caliphate in the areas under its control. It declared the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of its new self-styled state governed by Shariah law and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him. (AP Photo)

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Militants try to tighten their grip in Iraq, Syria

RYAN LUCASZEINA KARAM · July 2, 2014 9:41 pm

Suspected mad cow disease found in Romanian beef

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 9:28 pm

FILE - In this June 22, 1994 file photo, Colombia's Andres Escobar, lies on the ground and watches as a shot by America's Eric Wynalda misses the goal, during their World Cup soccer match, in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, USA. The US defeated Colombia by 2-1. On this day: July 2, Escobar was shot dead in his home town of Medellin. The killing appeared to be directly linked to Escobar's own goal scored during Colombia's 2-1 defeat to the US. As a result, Colombia returned home early from a tournament many had expected it to do well in. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

Colombians recall 1994 murder of soccer player

CESAR GARCIALIBARDO CARDONA · July 2, 2014 9:03 pm

Son of Egypt’s ousted leader sentenced to 1 year

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 8:44 pm

Cipriana Juarez Diaz, mother of Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, a Guatemalan boy whose decomposed body was found in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, listens to her husband talk, during an interview at their home in San Jose Las Flores, in the northern Cuchumatanes mountains of Guatemala, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Juarez Diaz said that she begged her son not set out on the dangerous journey from their modest cinder block- and sheet-metal home high in the northern Guatemalan mountains. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Guatemalan boy left for better life, died alone

Sonia Perez · July 2, 2014 7:52 pm

Pro-Russian fighters stand in their positions, as they patrol the airspace near Luhansk, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Foreign ministers agree on Ukraine cease-fire path

Frank Jordans · July 2, 2014 7:36 pm

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his house in Paris, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Sarkozy, his lawyer and a magistrate are facing preliminary charges in a corruption investigation linked to allegations that he took 50 million euros ($67 million) in illegal campaign funds from Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, after a night of questioning by judicial officials. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Sarkozy fights back in face of corruption charges

Thomas Adamson · July 2, 2014 7:29 pm

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford holds back his emotions while speaking during an invite-only press conference at City Hall in Toronto after his stay in a rehabilitation facility, on Monday June 30, 2014. Ford returned to work Monday after a two-month stay a facility in Ontario. He was in rehab for alcohol addiction after announcing in April that he was seeking treatment. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese)

Ford says he’s used “every drug” you can think of

Rob Gillies · July 2, 2014 6:47 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 file photo, referee Pedro Proenca from Portugal gives a red card to Cameroon's Alex Song during the group A World Cup soccer match between Cameroon and Croatia at the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil. Cameroon's football federation said late Monday, June 30, 2014, it will investigate allegations of match-fixing by its team at the World Cup and the possible existence of "seven bad apples" in the squad. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

FIFA asks magazine for proof of match-fixing

Gerald Imray · July 2, 2014 6:46 pm

India’s building collapse death toll rises to 49

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 6:42 pm