Tag: World

Iraq, Syria conflicts merge, feed off each other

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2014 10:17 pm

Pavel Gubarev, center, self-proclaimed people's governor, surrounded by pro-Russian fighters, speaks before taking the oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, on Lenin square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Dozens of pro-Russian armed militiamen gathered on Lenin square in Donetsk on Saturday to take the oath of allegiance to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his forces to cease fire Friday and halt military operations for a week. In the background is a monument of Vladimir Lenin. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire, warns talks needed

David McHugh · June 21, 2014 10:03 pm

Chile's goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is embraced by Mauricio Isla after the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and Chile at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Defending champion Spain was eliminated from the World Cup after losing to Chile 2-0. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The World Cup so far, how are things going?

The Associated Press · June 21, 2014 8:46 pm

Belarus rights chief freed from jail after 3 years

Yuras Karmanau · June 21, 2014 8:10 pm

Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, center, speaks with media after he cast his ballot during elections held in the city of Nouakchott , Mauritania, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Mauritanians voted Saturday to choose their next president, but with the major opposition parties boycotting, the incumbent seems certain to hold on to power. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who assumed power in a coup in 2008 and won elections a year later, has been a staunch ally of the West in facing the growing terror threat in West Africa.(AP Photo/Ahmed Mohamed)

Mauritania expected to re-elect Aziz as president

ahmed-mohamed · June 21, 2014 7:57 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, a man looks at documents at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the day after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. A strange silence has met the U.S. capture of a Libyan militant accused in the 2012 attack that killed the American ambassador and three others. In his hometown of Benghazi in eastern Libya, there have been few threats of revenge, only speculation among supporters and opponents that Ahmed Abu Khattala was betrayed by an insider. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

Libya suspect a shadowy figure among militias

Maggie Michael · June 21, 2014 7:51 pm

Supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah shout slogans during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah, who is running against Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, a former finance minister, has accused electoral officials and others of trying to rig the June 14 vote against him. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Hundreds protest alleged Afghan election fraud

RAHIM FAIEZAMIR SHAH · June 21, 2014 6:54 pm

People hold up signs after a minute of silence as the Argentina-Iran World Cup game kicks off in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 21, 2014. The protest was held to mark 20 years since the unsolved bombing attack against a Buenos Aires Jewish center that left 85 dead. Prosecutors blame Iran for the attack. The hashtag reads in Portuguese "One minute for the AMIA," which stands for "Israeli Argentine Mutual Association," the Jewish community center of Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Jewish demonstrators protest Argentina-Iran game

Aron Heller · June 21, 2014 6:24 pm

The tombstone of Rabbi Shalom Imanuel Muyal, who died of yellow fever in 1910, stands above his tomb at the Saint John the Baptist Cemetery in Manaus, Friday, June 20, 2014. Local Christians in the Amazonian city have made it a tradition to turn up at Muyal's burial spot in the Saint John the Baptist Cemetery to pray for miracles. (AP Photo/Chris Lehourites)

Christians in Manaus pray to the ‘Jewish saint’

Chris Lehourites · June 21, 2014 5:14 pm

Pope Francis kisses a girl in front the Duomo of Cassano allo Jonio, southern Italy, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Pope Francis is paying a one day visit to Castrovillari, Sibari, and Cassano allo Jonio, in the Calabria region of Italy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope denounces Mafia, meets father of slain boy

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2014 4:59 pm

Sierra Leone defends its record on Ebola outbreak

Clarence RoyMacaulay · June 21, 2014 4:38 pm

Syrian warplanes hit town seized by militants

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2014 4:28 pm