Tag: World

Pranvera Abazi kisses her son Erion Zena during their reunion at Kosovo's main airport upon his return to Kosovo's capital Pristina on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Kosovo's Prime Minister says the country's intelligence and security forces have returned an 8-year-old ethnic Albanian boy to his mother in Kosovo after he was taken by his jihadi father to Syria. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo frees 8-year-old from Syria captivity

Visar Kryeziu · October 15, 2014 9:33 pm

A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a picture of jailed Saudi Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, a suburb of the capital Manama, Wednesday night, Oct. 15, 2014. The well-known Shiite cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the kingdom and neighboring Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Saudi court convicts outspoken Shiite cleric

Aya Batrawy · October 15, 2014 9:13 pm

Healthcare workers prepare medicines for Patients at an Ebola treatment centre in Hastings, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Some doctors in countries hit hardest by the deadly Ebola disease decline to operate on pregnant women for fear the virus could spread. Governments face calls from frightened citizens to bar travel to and from the afflicted region. Meanwhile, the stakes get higher as more people get sick, highlighting a tricky balance between protecting people and preserving their rights in a global crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)

Ebola crisis puts pressure on human rights

Christopher Torchia · October 15, 2014 9:11 pm

People gather on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, to watch fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group in Kobani, Syria, over the border, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Kurds hold their own against militants in Syria

LEFTERIS PITARAKISZEINA KARAM · October 15, 2014 8:56 pm

Head of USAID, Rajiv Shah, second, right, inspects a newly built Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The Ebola outbreak that was first identified in March has devastated Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 4,400 deaths have been linked to Ebola so far and even that may be an underestimate, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

USAID says Ebola nations following right approach

BOUBACAR DIALLOPAUL SCHEMM · October 15, 2014 8:55 pm

A fire truck drives towards smoke caused by an attack by Islamist militias during clashes with forces led by renegade Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Islamist militias fought Wednesday with forces loyal to Hifter, who vows to seize the eastern city of Benghazi, as a top militia commander accused Egypt of bombing his positions with warplanes. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Sheikhy)

National Security

Egypt warplanes hit Libya militias, officials say

MAGGIE MICHAELOMAR ALMOSMARI · October 15, 2014 8:53 pm

In this Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 photo, Dario Guerrero sits for a portrait in his bedroom with a picture of his late mother, at his grandparents' home on the outskirts of Mexico City. Guerrero, a Harvard University junior, accompanied his dying mother to Mexico without government permission, and is now unable to return to the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Harvard student to be back in US in less than week

alberto-arce · October 15, 2014 8:35 pm

Bishops and Cardinals attend a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican mystery: Where did gay welcome originate?

Nicole Winfield · October 15, 2014 7:52 pm

US man killed by camel at Mexican wildlife park

US man killed by camel at Mexican wildlife park

Mark Stevenson · October 15, 2014 7:08 pm

Poll: Brazil presidential race remains deadlocked

Washington Examiner · October 15, 2014 6:23 pm

A fight breaks out on the pitch between Serbian fans and Albanian national team players, with from right, Albania's Lorik Cana, Albania's Ansi Agolli, match official, 3rd left Serbia's Nenad Tomovic holding Albanian flag, Albania's Bekim Balaj, and soccer fan at left, during the Euro 2016 Group I qualifying match between Serbia and Albania, at the Partizan stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The match was suspended on Tuesday after pitch skirmishes involving players and fans over an Albanian flag that was flown above the stadium by a drone. The score was 0-0 at the time. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Drone banner at soccer game ignites Balkan ruckus

BY DUSAN STOJANOVICLLAZAR SEMINI · October 15, 2014 6:22 pm

UN: World has ‘failed’ to address Ebola outbreak

UN: World has ‘failed’ to address Ebola outbreak

Washington Examiner · October 15, 2014 6:18 pm