Tag: World

UN says unmanned drones will be deployed in Mali

Edith Lederer · June 18, 2014 11:47 pm

Polish authorities try to seize magazine’s files

Monika Scislowska · June 18, 2014 11:11 pm

Brazil homeless workers protest in WCup host city

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 11:07 pm

In this Tuesday, June 17, 2014 image taken from video obtained from British Broadcaster Sky, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Kurdish soliders aim their weapons towards positions held by fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant near Jalula, Iraq. Kurdish security forces are engaged in gun battles with Sunni militants in the northern Iraqi town of Jalula, according to British Broadcaster Sky. Footage showed Kurdish fighters known as peshmerga using heavy artillery and rockets to attack militant positions on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sky via AP video)

Iraq’s al-Maliki extends overtures to rivals

Hamza Hendawi · June 18, 2014 11:07 pm

In this Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin, presiding judge, Navy Capt. J. Kirk Waits addresses Hadi al Iraqi, who presses a button on his microphone so he can respond, during his arraignment at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was arraigned on five war crimes charges, largely for allegedly organizing attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. He faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

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Iraqi faces charges after 7 years at Guantanamo

Ben Fox · June 18, 2014 10:34 pm

Gulf nations struggle with Iraq militant blowback

AYA BATRAWYMATTHEW LEE · June 18, 2014 10:11 pm

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden give a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Biden met with Santos just three days after Colombia's president won re-election in what was widely seen as an endorsement of talks to end the Western Hemisphere's last sizable armed conflict. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

Biden firmly backs Colombia peace effort

Frank Bajak · June 18, 2014 9:53 pm

Luxembourg approves same sex marriage

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 9:44 pm

US says captured Libyan planned new attacks

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 9:28 pm

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, center, arrives for a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The front-runner in Afghanistan's runoff presidential election has called for vote counting to stop over fraud claims. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan candidate seeks halt to runoff vote count

AMIR SHAHRAHIM FAIEZ · June 18, 2014 9:22 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Michoacan state Gov. Fausto Vallejo is driven away after attending a meeting at City Hall in Apatzingan, Mexico. Vallejo presented his resignation to Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, citing health reasons. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Governor of embattled Mexican state steps down

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 9:01 pm

Defending champion Spain eliminated from World Cup contention after losing to Chile 2-0

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 8:55 pm