Tag: World

Obama offers PA principal sympathy after stabbings

Josh Lederman · April 10, 2014 9:29 pm

FILE - In this March 11, 2012 file photo, the bodies of Lesbia Altamirano and Wilmer Orbera lie on the floor of a pool hall after they wre attacked by masked assailants in Choloma, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Global murder rates have declined slightly, but remain very high in the Americas and parts of Africa, according to a new U.N. study released Thursday, April 10, 2014. That comes as no news to the city of San Pedro Sula, long considered the most violent city in Honduras, the country that has the highest murder rate in the world. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

UN global study: Murder rate very high in Americas

Washington Examiner · April 10, 2014 9:17 pm

A woman walks past a truck waiting to leave for Chad loaded with goods belonging to Muslim residents of the PK5 district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday April 9, 2014. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday urged more support for existing African and French troops in Central African Republic on the eve of a U.N. vote to create a peacekeeping mission. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

UN approves force for Central African Republic

Edith Lederer · April 10, 2014 9:04 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Speaking at a weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday Netanyahu said the Palestinians have lots to lose by taking unilateral steps and will be answered in kind by Israel. Last week, the Palestinians renewed their push for membership in United Nations agencies. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Official: Israel to withhold Palestinian tax fees

Aron Heller · April 10, 2014 8:05 pm

Palestinian security officer Muhmmad Debo, 22, practices with an electronically-modified AK-47 rifle at the headquarters of the security training department of the Hamas interior ministry in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, April 10, 2014. The laser-fitted rifles are a money saver that eliminates the need to train with live ammunition, which is in short supply in Gaza. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Cash-strapped Hamas turns to e-bullets

Ibrahim Barzak · April 10, 2014 8:03 pm

Oscar Pistorius, right, leaves the the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Prosecutor mocks Pistorius’ version of events

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAGERALD IMRAY · April 10, 2014 8:03 pm

Real IRA man charged with 29 Omagh bomb murders

Shawn Pogatchnik · April 10, 2014 7:33 pm

Report: Iranians protest burying American scholar

Washington Examiner · April 10, 2014 7:00 pm

This Thursday April 10, 2014 photo shows 740 Park Avenue, an upscale residential building, in New York. France's indebted government is selling the residence of its U.N. ambassador, located within the prestigious apartment building, for an asking price of $48 million. The sale of the 18-room, 7-1/2 bath duplex with five fireplaces is part of a long-planned sale of state-owned real estate to help France reduce its 1.9-billion euro ($2.6-billion) debt. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

France wants $48 million for Park Avenue apartment

Jamey Keaten · April 10, 2014 6:37 pm

National Security

AP Interview: Arab League chief backs peace talks

HAMZA HENDAWILAMIA RADI · April 10, 2014 6:09 pm

Puerto Rico, Lufthansa Technik to build facility

Washington Examiner · April 10, 2014 5:51 pm

Colombia National Police Chief, Gen. Rodolfo Palomino walks on seized packages of cocaine displayed for the press at a police base in the Caribbean seaport of Cartagena, Colombia, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Police say they seized about 7 tons of cocaine Wednesday in a container bound for the Netherlands' port of Rotterdam. (AP Photo/Felipe Caicedo)

Colombia seizes 7 tons of cocaine

Washington Examiner · April 10, 2014 5:35 pm