Tag: World

South Africa: 8 gold miners shot dead

Christopher Torchia · June 23, 2014 7:58 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry following his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Sunday, June 22, 2014, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

National Security

Kerry confronts threat of new war in Iraq

Lara Jakes · June 23, 2014 6:57 am

In this photo taken on June 17, 2014, people shop at a market in Baghdad, Iraq. While the Iraqi capital is not under any immediate threat of falling to the Sunni militants who have captured a wide swath of the country's north and west, battlefield setbacks and the conflict's growing sectarian slant is turning this city of 7 million into an anxiety-filled place waiting for disaster to happen. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq’s capital lives in fear, expects the worst

Hamza Hendawi · June 23, 2014 6:40 am

Israeli soldiers load shells in their tank following the first death on the Israeli side of the Golan since the Syrian civil war erupted more than three years ago, near the Israeli village of Alonei Habashan, in the area of Tel Hazeka, close to the Quneitra border crossing in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, June 22, 2014. A civilian vehicle in the Golan Heights was targeted by forces in neighboring Syria on Sunday in an attack that killed a 15-year-old boy and prompted Israeli tanks to retaliate by firing on Syrian government targets, the Israeli military said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli military carries out airstrikes in Syria

Josef Federman · June 23, 2014 6:14 am

A fighter with the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) takes control of a traffic intersection in the northern city of Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 22, 2014. Sunni militants on Sunday captured two border crossings, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with Syria, security and military officials said, as they pressed on with their offensive in one of Iraq's most restive regions. (AP Photo)

Militants blitz through Iraq’s western desert

HAMZA HENDAWIQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · June 23, 2014 5:50 am

Australian PM introduces bill to repeal carbon tax

Rod McGuirk · June 23, 2014 5:12 am

2nd Philippine senator face arrest for corruption

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 4:22 am

Malaysia’s top court rejects church’s bid on Allah

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 4:14 am

In this May 24, 2014, photo, men and women from various tribes dance in the Tatuyo indigenous community near Manaus, Brazil. The community of thatched palm roofed houses is home to nine families who moved to the riverside plot some 15 years ago from deep inside the rainforest. While they normally wear the shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops that are standard fare throughout Brazil, the villagers change into their ceremonial finest to receive tourists. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

World Cup visitors sample Amazon life at village

Jenny Barchfield · June 23, 2014 4:07 am

In Brazil camp for Dutch fans, color helps unite

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 23, 2014 4:07 am

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo takes a shot during the group G World Cup soccer match between the United States and Portugal at the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Ronaldo helps Portugal earn 2-2 draw against US

Chris Lehourites · June 23, 2014 1:39 am

26 dead, 3 missing in southern China rainstorms

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 1:11 am