Tag: World

Pakistan army says launches offensive against militants in tribal area near Afghan border

Washington Examiner · June 15, 2014 2:22 pm

Afghan forces gather during clashes with Taliban fighters in Kandahar, southern Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 15, 2014. In the southern Kandahar province police said they raided a building on Sunday that had been occupied by the Taliban the day before, setting off clashes in which police shot dead two would-be suicide bombers but were unable to prevent another two from blowing themselves up, killing several policemen and wounding many. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Roadside bomb kills 11 after Afghan vote

Rahim Faiez · June 15, 2014 2:08 pm

New Slovak President Andrej Kiska, left, takes his presidential oath in the presence of the chairwoman of the Constitutional Court Ivetta Macejkova, right, at a ceremonial parliamentary session in Bratislava, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Kiska is the fourth head of state since the establishment of independent Slovakia in 1993. (AP Photo,CTK/Jan Koller) SLOVAKIA OUT

Andrej Kiska inaugurated as Slovakia’s president

Karel Janicek · June 15, 2014 1:48 pm

Spanish police arrest separatist on the run

Washington Examiner · June 15, 2014 1:13 pm

Blair: 2003 invasion not to blame for Iraq crisis

Washington Examiner · June 15, 2014 12:02 pm

Gunman kills 8 in Yemen bus attack

Ahmed AlHaj · June 15, 2014 9:23 am

In this Friday, June 13, 2014 photo, Zoroastrians pray in Chak Chak, a mountain shrine, some 600 kilometers (370 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran. Adherents of the Zoroastrian religion from around the world gathered at a mountain shrine in central Iran this week to celebrate their Persian roots, praying in remembrance of a princess who fled the 7th century Arab invasion. At Chak Chak, believers gathered to remember Nikbanou, a heroine of the faith who according to tradition took shelter in the mountain and prayed for help. Miraculously, the mountain was said to have opened up and given protection to the princess, the youngest daughter of the last king of the Persian Sassanian empire. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran’s Zoroastrians celebrate Persian roots

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · June 15, 2014 8:07 am

Only days after Mosul fell, Iraqis start returning

Diaa Hadid · June 15, 2014 6:52 am

In this Wednesday, May 7, 2014 photo, A Pakistani police commando participates in a training session in Karachi, Pakistan. In a country where women have traditionally not worked outside the home and widespread huge discrimination, the appointments represent a significant step for women's empowerment. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Woman heads police post in largest Pakistan city

adil-jawad · June 15, 2014 6:25 am

Ukraine vows to punish rebels who downed plane

DAVID McHUGHMARKO DOBRNJAKOVIC · June 15, 2014 4:24 am

Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony, (12), scores his side's first goal during the group C World Cup soccer match between Ivory Coast and Japan at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Drogba inspires Ivory Coast to 2-1 win over Japan

Brett Martel · June 15, 2014 4:21 am

Pakistani men mourn over the lifeless body, bottom right, of a provincial lawmaker Handery Masieh at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. A guard for a provincial Christian lawmaker shot and killed the legislator during a meeting Saturday in southwest Pakistan, police said. Government spokesman Jan Mohammad Buledi said the guard fled after the attack and police were trying to arrest him. "We do not know why the guard killed Handery Masieh, and everything will be clear when we arrest him," he told reporters. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Airstrikes in NW Pakistan kill about 100 militants

Rebecca Santana · June 15, 2014 4:16 am