Tag: World

Pope Francis greets journalists as he walks alongside Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, background left, and Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, as he arrives for an afternoon session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Snowden, pope, refugees in Nobel Peace Prize buzz

Mark Lewis · October 9, 2014 6:15 pm

Pope Francis is flanked by Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as they leave at the end of the morning session of the Synod on family, a two-week meeting of 200 cardinals and bishops from around the world, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Top Vatican cardinal wants streamlined annulments

Nicole Winfield · October 9, 2014 6:10 pm

Masked bandit apologizes, kisses couple in robbery

Masked bandit apologizes, kisses couple in robbery

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 6:03 pm

French novelist Patrick Modiano smiles during a press conference at his publishing house in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Patrick Modiano, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effects on his country, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for what one academic called "crystal clear and resonant" prose. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Modiano wins Nobel for works about Nazi occupation

MALIN RISINGGREG KELLER · October 9, 2014 6:01 pm

Uruguay’s leader welcomes Syrian refugees

Uruguay’s leader welcomes Syrian refugees

Leonardo Haberkorn · October 9, 2014 5:51 pm

German president honors peaceful protests of 1989

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 5:38 pm

Joshua Wong, 17-year old student leader, stands on the stage during a rally in the occupied areas at Central district in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. A Hong Kong government official canceled planned talks with student protest leaders on Friday, saying they were unlikely to be constructive. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

National Security

Hong Kong protests unresolved after talks collapse

Kelvin Chan · October 9, 2014 5:08 pm

Sinn Fein ties Irish government party for 1st time

Sinn Fein ties Irish government party for 1st time

Shawn Pogatchnik · October 9, 2014 4:58 pm

An Indian Border Security Force soldier is carried on a stretcher for treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital after being injured in attacks between India-Pakistan firing at the border area in Ranbir Singh Pura, in Jammu, India, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Troops trading heavy fire between Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir plunged civilians on both sides into grief with many killed and wounded this week, prompting many to question how two nations committed to a 2003 cease-fire could be targeting civilians while trading blame about who started shooting first. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Spasm of violence in Kashmir worst in years

ANJUM NAVEEDAIJAZ HUSSAIN · October 9, 2014 4:55 pm

Bahrain human rights activist charged

Reem Khalifa · October 9, 2014 4:54 pm

Amal Alamuddin Clooney to advise Greece on marbles

Amal Alamuddin Clooney to advise Greece on marbles

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 4:40 pm

Suicide attack kills 9 in Iraq

Suicide attack kills 9 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · October 9, 2014 4:36 pm