Tag: World

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)

UN calls Iraq reports almost certain war crimes

John Heilprin · June 16, 2014 5:14 pm

KENYA HOTEL ATTACK FIX

jmagnoj.magno · June 16, 2014 5:11 pm

Ukraine’s leader to propose cease-fire with rebels

David McHugh · June 16, 2014 4:50 pm

Rights group: Nigeria should not look to Sri Lanka

Washington Examiner · June 16, 2014 3:57 pm

Report: Hillary Clinton says US should have female leader

Washington Examiner · June 16, 2014 3:53 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2013 file photo, cleaners walk past an area shielded by green nets in front of Tiananmen Gate after a car plowed through tourists and ended up in a fiery crash at the gate in the heart of Beijing, killing two bystanders and the three attackers. A court in western China sentenced three people to death Monday, June 16, 2014 for planning the deadly car ramming at Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Gate last year that was blamed on Muslim separatists, state media reported. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

China executes 13 over terrorism, violent crimes

Washington Examiner · June 16, 2014 3:51 pm

Teams bring favorite foods with them to Brazil

Janie McCauley · June 16, 2014 3:27 pm

Cambodian exodus from Thailand grows to 160,000

Sopheng Cheang · June 16, 2014 3:25 pm

Missing Israeli teenager has strong US roots

Yousur Alhlou · June 16, 2014 2:55 pm

Polish leaders try to limit damage in new scandal

Monika Scislowska · June 16, 2014 2:51 pm

A Sri Lankan Muslim woman carries her daughter while standing outside her burnt house in Adhikarigoda , a village near Aluthgama town, 50 kilometers (31.25 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 16, 2014. At least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka, a government minister said Monday. Dozens of shops were burned, homes looted and some mosques attacked in the violence Sunday night in the town of Aluthgama, local residents said. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

3 Sri Lankan Muslims killed in attack by Buddhists

Bharatha Mallawarachi · June 16, 2014 2:39 pm

Jihadi supporters arrested in Spain, Germany

Ciaran Giles · June 16, 2014 2:27 pm