Tag: World

Cuba: 4 dead in presumed ‘illegal exit’ attempt

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 7:38 pm

FILE - This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State was originally al-Qaida's branch in Iraq, but it used Syria's civil war to vault into something more powerful. It defied orders from al-Qaida's central command and expanded its operations into Syria, ostensibly to fight to topple Assad. But it has turned mainly to conquering territory for itself, often battling other rebels who stand in the way. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

National Security

AP Analysis: Attacks show emboldened militants

Lee Keath · June 11, 2014 7:19 pm

Prominent Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah stands in front of a criminal court in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. A court has convicted Abdel-Fattah for demonstrating without permit and assaulting a policeman, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. (AP Photo/Heba Elkholy, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Icon of Egypt’s 2011 revolt sentenced to 15 years

HAMZA HENDAWIMAGGIE MICHAEL · June 11, 2014 7:01 pm

This image made available by the Norwegian Military on Thursday, June 5, 2014 shows a Norwegian vessel passing through the Bosporus in Istanbul Turkey, on March 2, 2014. The mysterious ship the size of a large passenger ferry left a Romanian wharf, glided through the narrow Bosporus that separates Europe and Asia, and plotted a course toward Scandinavia. About a month later, at the fenced-in headquarters of Norway's military intelligence service, the country's spy chief disclosed its identity. It was a $250 million spy ship, tentatively named Marjata, that will be equipped with sensors and other technology to snoop on Russia's activities in the Arctic beginning in 2016. (AP Photo/Norwegian Military)

Cold War-style spy games return to melting Arctic

Karl Ritter · June 11, 2014 7:00 pm

Longtime editors out at Cuban Catholic magazine

Andrea Rodriguez · June 11, 2014 6:54 pm

$Associated Press freelance photographer Marco Ugarte looks into the camera as a nurse adjusts an ice pack on his face at a hospital in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Ugarte suffered fractured facial bones when he was attacked by masked protesters on Tuesday while he was covering a march honoring students killed in government repression at a 1971 demonstration. Also injured were Paris Martinez of Animal Politico, Luis Castillo of the Reforma newspaper and freelancer Nestor Negrete. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)$ News

Mexico protesters attack journalists, smash glass

Mark Stevenson · June 11, 2014 6:47 pm

FILE -- In this Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 file photo, an Egyptian youth, trailed by his friends, gropes a woman crossing the street with her friends in Cairo, Egypt. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egypt's newly sworn-in president, has apologized in person to a woman who was sexually assaulted by a mob during weekend celebrations marking his inauguration. Several women were assaulted during the Sunday, June 8, 2014 inaugural festivities. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper, File) EGYPT OUT

Egypt’s el-Sissi visits sex assault victim

Hamza Hendawi · June 11, 2014 6:05 pm

A riot police officer grabs a protestor who was shouting slogans against the monarchy, during a protest against the Monarchy near the parliament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Dozens of riot police stopped and frisked protestors as they arrived near the Spanish parliament. Spain's Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of urgent government legislation allowing King Juan Carlos to abdicate this month and hand over his duties to Crown Prince Felipe. The legislation was approved by 299 lawmakers, while 19 voted against and 23 abstained. Several leftist deputies protested, holding up signs demanding a referendum on whether to scrap the monarchy. The Senate is expected to approve the legislation June 17, with 46-year-old Felipe being proclaimed king two days later. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spain’s Parliament backs king’s abdication

Ciaran Giles · June 11, 2014 5:53 pm

Uzbek militant group claims Pakistan attack

Rebecca Santana · June 11, 2014 5:42 pm

C. African Republic: 21 killed in latest clashes

Hippolyte Marboua · June 11, 2014 5:19 pm

Taxi stand still at Parliament Square in central London as thousands of London black cabs blocking the streets to protest over new technology they say endangers passengers, in London, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. The strike action by taxi drivers hit many European cities, Wednesday, sparked by fears about the growing upheaval in the travel and transport industry, largely due to digital technologies. Big Ben's clock tower back centre. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

European taxi protest: Transport tech upheaval

LORI HINNANTGREGORY KATZ · June 11, 2014 4:23 pm

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Free Syrian Army fighters running at one of the front lines in the town of Sheikh Najjar, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday June 10, 2014. Fighting in eastern Syria between Islamic rebel brigades and an al-Qaida splinter group has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Al-Qaida splinter group encircles Syrian city

Diaa Hadid · June 11, 2014 4:21 pm