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Smoke rises at the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. Ukraine's military launched airstrikes Monday against the separatists who had taken over the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, suggesting that fighting in the east is far from over. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

National Security

Ukraine launches airstrike on pro-Moscow rebels

PETER LEONARDNATALIYA VASILYEVA · May 26, 2014 7:45 pm

FILE - In this June 9, 2008 file photo, Manuel "Meme" Uribe, 42, shows how he exercises from his bed during an interview in Monterrey, Mexico. Uribe, once listed as the world's heaviest human being, has died at the age of 48. His death was confirmed Monday, May 26, 2014 by an official of the health department of Nuevo Leon state in Mexico. Doctors have not yet certified the cause of death. (AP Photo/Monica Rueda, File)

Mexican man, once world’s heaviest, dies at 48

Porfirio Ibarra · May 26, 2014 7:36 pm

Sudan bans media from reporting on detained leader

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 7:19 pm

Gunmen kill Libyan journalist in restive Benghazi

Esam Mohamed · May 26, 2014 7:13 pm

Syrian expatriates chant anti-Assad slogans as they celebrate the Jordanian government's decision to expel the Syrian Ambassador, Bahjat Suleiman, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, May 26, 2014. Jordan has expelled the Syrian ambassador from the country, giving him 24 hours to leave Amman. The state-run Petra news agency said Monday, May 26, 2014 that the government declared Ambassador Bahjat Suleiman persona non-grata on Monday and asked him to leave. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Jordan expels Syrian envoy in diplomatic tussle

Zeina Karam · May 26, 2014 6:43 pm

Egyptian women wait in line before casting their ballots at a polling station in a presidential election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office. (AP Photo/Ahmed Sayed)

Voices of Egypt’s voters on presidential election

The Associated Press · May 26, 2014 6:27 pm

Thai coup leader: Don’t protest, it’s no use

TODD PITMANTHANYARAT DOKSONE · May 26, 2014 6:27 pm

Albright: Ukraine Achieved Democratic Milestone

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 6:06 pm

Raw: Ukraine Launches Airstrikes in Donetsk

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 6:00 pm

Palestinians seek FIFA sanctions against Israel

Karin Laub · May 26, 2014 5:59 pm

2 new Ebola deaths confirmed in West Africa

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 5:55 pm

Bahrain sentences 4 to life in prison for bomb

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 5:51 pm