Tag: World

Fay hits Bermuda, becomes hurricane in open waters

Fay hits Bermuda, becomes hurricane in open waters

David McFadden · October 13, 2014 2:57 am

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Villa 14 de Septiembre, in the Chapare region, Bolivia, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Bolivia is holding general and presidential elections Sunday with President Evo Morales appearing to be headed to an unprecedented third term.(AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Quick count: Bolivia’s Morales coasts to 3rd term

Carlos Valdez · October 13, 2014 2:18 am

First responders guard the apartment of a healthcare worker Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Dallas. The healthcare worker, who was caring for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, tested positive for the disease in preliminary tests. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Dallas health worker tests positive for Ebola

Nomaan Merchant · October 13, 2014 2:03 am

An Indian child sits inside a plastic bucket near his house on the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Orissa, about 285 kilometers (178 miles) north east of Visakhapatnam, India, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Trees were uprooted and power cables snapped as a powerful cyclone swept through the Bay of Bengal and slammed into the southern city of Visakhapatnam, one of two storms pounding Asia on Sunday. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

Cyclone in India kills 8 as typhoon hits Japan

Mohammed Shafeeq · October 13, 2014 1:54 am

Unofficial vote count: Evo Morales easily wins 3rd term as Bolivia president

Unofficial vote count: Evo Morales easily wins 3rd term as Bolivia president

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2014 12:13 am

Marina Silva, presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party, PSB, who finished third in the first-round of Brazil's presidential election, smiles during a news conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Silva gave her endorsement Sunday to the leading opposition candidate Aecio Neves in the runoff with President Dilma Rousseff set for Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazilian opposition candidate endorses Neves

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · October 12, 2014 10:43 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, front and center, talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, to his right, as they gather for a group photo with other Gaza Donor Conference attendees in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Kerry announced immediate U.S. assistance of $212 million as the conference began. Qatar has pledged $1 billion and the United Arab Emirates pledged $200 million toward reconstruction of Gaza Strip after a 50-day Israel-Hamas war. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said Gaza needs $4 billion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Donors pledge $2.7 billion for Gaza reconstruction

Hamza Hendawi · October 12, 2014 10:23 pm

Turkish soldiers hold their positions with their tanks on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Sunday, Oct. 12, 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)

US says Turkey OKs use of bases against militants

LOLITA C. BALDORBRADLEY KLAPPER · October 12, 2014 9:48 pm

Hungarian Prime Minister and Chairman of center right Fidesz party Viktor Orban before casting his vote during municipal elections in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/MTI, Szilard Koszticsak)

Hungary’s Fidesz widely dominates municipal voting

Washington Examiner · October 12, 2014 9:34 pm

West alarmed at Hungarian leader’s power tactics

Pablo Gorondi · October 12, 2014 9:01 pm

Somali security forces and others attend the scene of a car bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. A car bomb exploded outside the popular Aroma cafe in Somalia's capital killing at least 11 people and wounding a number of others, a senior police official said Sunday, adding that the bomb was believed to have been detonated by remote control. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Car bomb in Somalia’s capital kills 11

Abdi Guled · October 12, 2014 8:49 pm

Tropical Storm Gonzalo takes aim at Caribbean

Tropical Storm Gonzalo takes aim at Caribbean

David McFadden · October 12, 2014 8:38 pm