Tag: World

Turkey: Death toll in mining accident reaches 274, making it country’s worst mining disaster

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 7:31 pm

Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The judge overseeing the murder trial of Pistorius on Wednesday ordered the double-amputee athlete to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning that the trial proceedings will be delayed. The court adjourned until May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Werner Beukes, Pool)

Pistorius to be sent for psychiatric tests

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAGERALD IMRAY · May 14, 2014 6:50 pm

A Yemeni soldier checks a vehicle at a checkpoint in a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 12, 2014. A suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed seveal al-Qaida militants on Monday, military and security officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Fighting between Yemen army and al-Qaida kills 42

Ahmed AlHaj · May 14, 2014 6:48 pm

Report: Ex-Pakistan leader’s emergency act illegal

Munir Ahmed · May 14, 2014 6:33 pm

A Palestinian officer from Hamas security forces walks through a room in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's house while they clear the house before they give it to Fatah representatives in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Hamas on Wednesday cleared out of the private Gaza residence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the most concrete sign yet that the rivals are moving toward reconciliation. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas clears out of Abbas’ Gaza home in unity push

Karin Laub · May 14, 2014 6:31 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Brahimi will resign as the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria after a nearly two-year effort that failed to bring peace to the war-ravaged country, the U.N. chief announced Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He will step down May 31. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

National Security

Syrian official welcomes UN mediator’s resignation

Albert Aji · May 14, 2014 5:57 pm

Afghan police officers arrive to the scene after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed many policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Attacks across Afghanistan kill at least 5 people

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 5:49 pm

US envoy: Stop ‘terror’ in eastern Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 5:39 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is welcomed by Jordan's Chairman of Defense Lieutenant General Mashal al-Zaben, right, upon his arrival at Marka International Airport in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Hagel is on a regional tour focusing on Iran's nuclear programm and Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

National Security

Hagel reassures Persian Gulf allies

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 5:26 pm

Peru lawyer: jailed Van der Sloot to be a father

Franklin Briceno · May 14, 2014 5:01 pm

National Security

Suspected al-Qaida collaborator losses court case

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 4:43 pm

Paraguay expels Ecuador VP’s father in sex case

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 4:40 pm