Tag: World

Europe wary of Iraq action; Germans urged to leave

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 7:25 pm

Groups: Autopsy shows live fire killed Palestinian

Karin Laub · June 12, 2014 7:13 pm

In this image from video, Pope Francis records a video message to camera, Thursday June 12, 2014, giving a message for the soccer World Cup: Let football be a showcase for teamwork and solidarity, not an exhibition of racism and greed, Pope Francis says "To play in a team means to think, first of all, about the goodness of the group and not about oneself." The Argentine-born, football-loving pope recorded the video message that will be broadcast on Brazilian television ahead of Thursday's opening soccer match between Brazil and Croatia. (AP Photo/CTV) TV OUT

Pope to World Cup: Overcome racism, greed in sport

Nicole Winfield · June 12, 2014 7:07 pm

Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida breakaway group, on Monday and Tuesday took over much of Mosul in Iraq and then swept into the city of Tikrit further south. An estimated half a million residents fled Mosul, the economically important city. (AP Photo)

What is going on in Iraq and why?

The Associated Press · June 12, 2014 7:00 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at a scene where a car bomb exploded in a pro-government neighborhood in central Homs, Syria, Thursday, June 12, 2014. Thursday's blast occurred in the Wadi Dahab district and killed several people, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The activist group said five of the dead were civilians, but it was not clear whether the other two were civilians or pro-government gunmen. (AP Photo/SANA)

Car bomb kills at least 7 in central Syria

Associated Press · June 12, 2014 6:59 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Missiles from U.S. drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing more than a dozen of suspected insurgents and marking the resumption of the CIA-led program after a nearly six-month break, officials said Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

National Security

After lull, US drone strikes kill 13 in Pakistan

ASIF SHAHZADREBECCA SANTANA · June 12, 2014 6:17 pm

Germany to take in 10,000 more Syrian refugees

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 6:14 pm

Venezuela shortages reach the grave

Fabiola Sanchez · June 12, 2014 6:12 pm

Afghan election workers load ballot boxes and election materials into trucks to deliver to polling stations, at a warehouse in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The second round of Afghanistan's presidential election will take place on June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

National Security

Afghans tighten security as Taliban threaten vote

AMIR SHAHRAHIM FAIEZ · June 12, 2014 5:53 pm

Raw: Protesters, Police Clash in Brazil

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 5:43 pm

Aide criticizes Palestinian leader in recording

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 5:32 pm

Germany urges citizens to leave Iraqi capital

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 5:25 pm