Tag: World

Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician, Imran Khan, beat an effigy of Pakistani prime minister Nawaz sharif during a sit-in protest outside a parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Anti-government protesters led by opposition leaders Khan and Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri converged on the capital in mid-August, demanding Sharif's ouster over alleged fraud in last year's election. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

National Security

US drone strikes kill 5 militants in NW Pakistan

Munir Ahmed · October 9, 2014 10:56 am

Malaysia warns of action after deadly bomb blast

Malaysia warns of action after deadly bomb blast

Eileen Ng · October 9, 2014 10:33 am

Australian opera company bans ‘Carmen’ for smoking

Australian opera company bans ‘Carmen’ for smoking

Rod McGuirk · October 9, 2014 10:33 am

Raw: New US Airstrikes in Battle for Kobani

Raw: New US Airstrikes in Battle for Kobani

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 10:02 am

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1980

Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1980

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 9:42 am

Liberian Children Orphaned, Ostracized by Ebola

Liberian Children Orphaned, Ostracized by Ebola

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 9:32 am

Anti-Islam lawmaker investigated for hate speech

Anti-Islam lawmaker investigated for hate speech

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 9:17 am

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014 file photo, Thailand's Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's appointed Prime Minister Prayuth makes his first official overseas trip Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 since seizing power in a military coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai coup leader visits Myanmar on 1st trip abroad

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 9:01 am

People protest the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college and demand authorities find them in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Federal officials say they still have no explanation for violence Sept. 26 that killed six, wounded at least 25 and left so many missing. Also, investigators still had no word on whether the 28 bodies found in a mass grave last weekend included some of the missing students. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Protesters jam road demanding Mexico find students

Mark Stevenson · October 9, 2014 8:14 am

Report: surrogate baby rejected in India on gender

Report: surrogate baby rejected in India on gender

Rod McGuirk · October 9, 2014 2:58 am

Excalibur, the dog of the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola, barks from her balcony in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Three more people were placed under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Thursday. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored. The nurse, who had cared for a Spanish priest who died of Ebola, was the first case of Ebola being transmitted outside of West Africa, where a months-long outbreak has killed at least 3,500 people and infected at least twice as many. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spain euthanizes pet dog of Ebola-infected woman

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2014 2:38 am

A Turkish Kurd uses binoculars in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, as he watches the intensified fighting between militants of the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Kobani, Syria, background, Wednesday, Oct. 8 Oct. 7, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

US, allies chafing at Turkish inaction on Syria

Desmond Butler · October 9, 2014 2:35 am