Tag: World

Pakistan arrests brothers over woman’s stoning

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 3:25 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, June 30, 2013 Xhosa boy's stand in a field as they undergo traditional Xhosa male circumcision ceremonies into manhood in Qunu, South Africa. This month, as happens annually in South Africa, youths in some rural areas will head to secluded huts for circumcision rituals meant to usher them into manhood. Officials hope to prevent another wave of injuries and deaths triggered by factors including infections and the tight binding of penis wounds, which cuts off blood supply, as well as sleep deprivation, exposure to winter cold and other harsh conditions. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

In South Africa, old custom becomes health crisis

Christopher Torchia · June 4, 2014 3:13 pm

Germans, now alongside Allies, honor D-Day victims

Kerstin Sopke · June 4, 2014 2:47 pm

Tiny Qatar stands to benefit from go-between role

Adam Schreck · June 4, 2014 2:46 pm

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, second from left, talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during their meeting in Batam, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. The leaders of Indonesia and Australia met Wednesday for the first time since relations between the countries were damaged over spying allegations. (AP Photo/Tundra Laksamana)

Indonesia, Australia leaders hold make-up talks

ali-kotarumalos · June 4, 2014 2:42 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during his news conference at the conclusion of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NATO) in Brussels, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. NATO defense ministers gathered for the first time since the Ukraine crisis, and top of the agenda was how to react long-term to Russia's new military capabilities and its willingness to use them. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel says rush to judgment on Bergdahl ‘unfair’

Lolita Baldor · June 4, 2014 2:30 pm

EU executive says Lithuania ready to join euro

Liudas Dapkus · June 4, 2014 2:29 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her so called 'Government Declaration' speech ahead of the G7 summit in front of the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel: EU leadership deal will take time

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 2:28 pm

The apartment building where a Finnish woman is understood to have been arrested on suspicion of killing five infants in Oulu, Northern Finland, Wednesday June 4, 2014. Finnish police have arrested an unidentified 35-year-old woman on suspicion of manslaughter after finding five dead babies in the basement of the apartment building, Detective Superintendent Seppo Leinonen said Wednesday, saying the deaths may have happened between five and 10 years ago and the forensic examination is expected to take some months. (AP Photo / Lehtikuva, Markku Ruottinen) FINLAND OUT - NO SALES

Finnish police find 5 dead babies in basement

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 1:56 pm

Correction: Syria story

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 1:41 pm

Obama arrives in Brussels for G-7 meeting

Nedra Pickler · June 4, 2014 1:14 pm

In this file picture taken Jan.21,2014, Tim Grunewald plays with one year old Carl at the army child-care of the Theodor-Kaerner-Kaserne, barracks, in Lueneburg. Germany's ambitious defense minister von der Leyen wants to equip the country's newly all-volunteer military with better childcare, more attractive barracks and Internet access, giving it a facelift as it competes with business for new recruits in a humming economy.( AP Photo/dpa/Philipp Schulze)

Germany launches drive to make military attractive

Geir Moulson · June 4, 2014 1:09 pm