Tag: World

2 new Ebola deaths confirmed in West Africa, in Guinea and Sierra Leone, taking toll to 170

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 5:41 pm

Ireland’s Labour leader quits after bad election

Shawn Pogatchnik · May 26, 2014 5:30 pm

President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama seeks to reframe foreign policy as war ends

Julie Pace · May 26, 2014 4:49 pm

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Some highlights from Pope Francis’ Holy Land visit

Ariel David · May 26, 2014 4:49 pm

Ukraine’s New Leader Vows Talks With Russia

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 4:45 pm

Euroskeptic win in EU polls shakes up UK politics

Sylvia Hui · May 26, 2014 4:29 pm

In this May 13, 2014, photo,This aerial view shot through an airplane window shows the Maracana stadium behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As opening day for the World Cup approaches, people continue to stage protests, some about the billions of dollars spent on the World Cup at a time of social hardship, but soccer is still a unifying force. The international soccer tournament will be the first in the South American nation since 1950. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

AP PHOTOS: Brazil in countdown for World Cup start

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 4:28 pm

A graphic shows the estimate results of the European elections, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Exit polls showed the far right and Eurosceptics making sweeping gains in European Parliament elections Sunday, signaling a major political shift toward parties that want to slash the European Union's powers or abolish it altogether. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

After Euroskeptic rise, EU leaders step into fray

Raf Casert · May 26, 2014 4:21 pm

Smoke rises from 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)

Ukraine launches air strikes at eastern gunmen

PETER LEONARDNATALIYA VASILYEVA · May 26, 2014 4:20 pm

India's new prime minister Narendra Modi, center, greets President Pranab Mukherjee, left, after taking oath of office at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. Modi's inauguration is the first to which India invited leaders from across South Asia. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)

Modi becomes Indian PM as Pakistani leader watches

Nirmala George · May 26, 2014 4:03 pm

Cardinal Bechara Rai, head of the Maronite Catholic Church, center, visits a church in Jaffa, a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, May 26, 2014. The leader of Lebanon's largest Christian denomination visited Jerusalem on Sunday, an official said, making him the first Lebanese religious leader to set foot in the city since Israel captured its traditionally Arab eastern sector in the 1967 Mideast war. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Cardinal is first top Lebanese cleric in Israel

ami-bentov · May 26, 2014 3:38 pm

Indian officials and rescuers gather around the wreckage after the Gorakhpur Express passenger train slammed into a parked freight train Chureb, near Basti, Uttar Pradesh state,, India, Monday, May 26, 2014. According to officials dozens were killed. (AP Photo)

Train accident kills at least 40 in northern India

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 26, 2014 3:19 pm