Tag: World

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Secretary of State John Kerry smile during their bilateral meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Poland gives democracy award to Crimean Tatar

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 5:43 pm

A woman and child pass by uniformed and plainclothes security personnel with umbrellas and security cameras near a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Beijing put additional police on the street and detained government critics Tuesday as part of a security crackdown on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the crushing of pro-democracy protests centered on the capital's Tiananmen Square. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Security tight on eve of Tiananmen anniversary

Christopher Bodeen · June 3, 2014 5:20 pm

Afghani presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, center, talks to his colleagues aboard a helicopter heading to a campaign rally in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The second round of Afghanistan's presidential election will take place on June 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Former warlord endorses Abdullah in Afghan vote

Amir Shah · June 3, 2014 5:10 pm

FILE -- In this Tuesday May, 13, 2014 file photo, Muslim pilgrims wear surgical masks to prevent infection from respiratory virus known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi which is grappling to contain the spread of a frequently deadly respiratory virus announced Tuesday, June 3, 2014 that a review of the illness led authorities to sharply revise upward the number of confirmed infections and deaths from the disease. A report by the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities have registered a total of 688 confirmed infections and 282 deaths as a result of MERS since the virus was first identified in 2012. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Saudi review finds over 100 more MERS infections

Adam Schreck · June 3, 2014 5:03 pm

Election Commission: Egypt’s former army chief won presidency by a landslide of 96.91 percent

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 4:40 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool)

National Security

Netanyahu tells AP he is ‘troubled’ by US decision

Josef Federman · June 3, 2014 4:34 pm

Actress Angelina Jolie waves during a promotion tour for her movie "Maleficent" in Shanghai, China Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (AP Photo)

Jolie: We won’t change our security on red carpet

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 4:29 pm

FILE - In this June 4, 1989 file photo, a rickshaw driver peddles wounded people, with the help of bystanders, to a nearby hospital in Beijing after they were injured during clashes with Chinese soldiers in Tiananmen Square. The crackdown ended a period of relative political openness, led to the downfall of Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang and plunged Beijing into diplomatic isolation that lasted until the late 1990s. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

AP WAS THERE: Troops storm Tiananmen Square

John Pomfret · June 3, 2014 3:54 pm

A Ukrainian soldier takes position as he patrols an area, close to Slovyansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Ukrainian troops on Tuesday launched an offensive against pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern city of Slovyansk and advanced through the city's outskirts, the nation's interior minister said. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine military launches offensive against rebels

Nebi Qena · June 3, 2014 3:47 pm

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, left, waves as he stands next to Syrian refugee students, at a Lebanese public school, in Burj Hammoud area, east Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Kim is on an official visit to Lebanon aimed at supporting the tiny Arab country which is hosting over a million Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

World Bank chief calls on donors to help Lebanon

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 3:41 pm

A Sri Lankan man stands in a house damaged by heavy rains in Mathugama, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Many people have died in Sri Lanka from two days of floods and mudslides triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rains, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Floods, mudslides kill 22 in Sri Lanka

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 3:14 pm

Netanyahu `Troubled’ by US Decision

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 3:13 pm