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This image released by Egypt's official Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as he is saluted by a female cadet at a military graduation in Cairo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. President el-Sissi said Tuesday he will not interfere in court rulings, rebuffing calls from the United States and other Western governments that he pardon or commute the sentences of three Al-Jazeera journalists handed heavy prison terms a day earlier.(AP Photo/MENA)

Egypt president refuses pardon for journalists

SARAH EL DEEB · June 24, 2014 4:28 pm

In this Wednesday, June 4, 2014 photo, fisher folk work on in shallow waters, near Nuku'alofa, Tonga. New Zealand tourists attracted by the country's beauty have been staying away due to a dispute over the safety of a plane built in China. The dispute represents a small skirmish in a broader battle for global influence. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

China’s gift causes big trouble for tiny Tonga

Nick Perry · June 24, 2014 4:23 pm

Eyes on you: Experts reveal police hacking methods

Raphael Satter · June 24, 2014 3:51 pm

Moldova’s leader backs firm pro-Europe stance

Corneliu Rusnac · June 24, 2014 3:38 pm

Putin says weeklong cease-fire in Ukraine should be extended, accompanied by talks

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:35 pm

Brazil gunmen wound 9 in WCup host city

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:32 pm

Turkish man gets life term for NYC woman’s death

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:25 pm

Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, right, listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the presidential palace in Irbil, Iraq, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Kerry arrived in Iraq's Kurdish region in a US diplomatic drive aimed at preventing the country from splitting apart in the face of militants pushing towards Baghdad. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kurdish leader cites ‘new reality’ in Iraq

LARA JAKESHAMZA HENDAWI · June 24, 2014 3:23 pm

French court rules to end care for comatose man

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:22 pm

In this June 23, 2014, photo, mourners chant slogans against the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after they bury 15 bodies in the village of Taza Khormato near the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq. U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces improve their ability to battle Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

UN: At least 1,075 killed in Iraq in June

John Heilprin · June 24, 2014 3:11 pm

Polish prosecutors detain 2 in tapes leak probe

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:02 pm

Albania clears 1st hurdle to EU membership

Llazar Semini · June 24, 2014 2:57 pm