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Photos September 20, 2014: Top images from around the world
A Syrian refugee woman cries at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Several thousand Syrians, most of them Kurds, crossed into Turkey on Friday to find refuge from Islamic State militants who have barreled through dozens of Kurdish villages in northern Syria in the past 48 hours. (AP Photo) A Syrian Kurd child holds a glass of...
Photos September 19: Top images from around the world
Pro-union supporters celebrate as Scottish independence referendum results are announced at a ‘Better Together’ event in Glasgow, Scotland, on September 19, 2014. Scotland appeared set to reject independence on Friday with 23 out of 32 voting areas declared and the crucial Glasgow region having given its result. (Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty...
Watch: Ukrainian protesters toss unpopular MP into dumpster
A Ukrainian member of parliament was tossed into a dumpster Tuesday in Kyiv. Videos of the incident shows Vitaly Zhuravsky, a former cabinet minister in the government of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, walking past protesters outside parliament when he is seized by members of the crowd and tossed into a metal trash bin. According to NBC...
Photos September 12: Top images from around the world
Takanui Smith (Rear) rides a wave as fellow surfers and filming crew reacts during the shooting of a remake of the 1991 classic “Point Break” on September 11, in a photo that was released on Sept. 12, 2014, 2014 in the Hava’e pass in Teahupoo, on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. The American action thriller film directed by Ericson...
Photos September 10: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. A woman (C) walks amongst US national flags erected by students and staff from Pepperdine University to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks in Malibu, California . The students placed some...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 likely downed by ‘high-energy objects’, report finds
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded Tuesday. The report by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a...
Ukraine truce tested as both sides report deaths
By Volodymyr Verbyany and Stephen Bierman Ukraine’s government and the pro-Russian separatists its army has been fighting reported deaths overnight, testing a truce intended to stem months of bloodshed. A woman was killed and three people were hurt in shelling of the Skhidny district of Mariupol, the city council said today on its website....
Photos Sept. 5: Top images from around the world
An Indian man carries his son as he wades through floodwaters in Gauhati, India, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Monsoon season brings rains vital to growing crops in India, but floods and landslides each year kill thousands of people and submerge hundreds of villages. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Indian school children arrive at their primary school in heavy...
NATO leaders to outline rapid response force aimed at deterring Russian aggression
NEWPORT — NATO leaders will back plans Friday for positioning more troops and military equipment in Eastern Europe, establishing a rapid response force aimed at easing anxiety among member states near Russia’s border and deterring the Kremlin against replicating its provocations in Ukraine elsewhere in the region. The announcement will come...
Shelling moves closer to Ukrainian port hours before peace talks
MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Shelling resounded on the outskirts of a Ukrainian port city Friday as Russian-backed rebels pressed their offensive in the strategically key southeast just hours ahead of talks that are widely hoped to bring a cease-fire. Associated Press reporters heard heavy shelling on Friday morning north and east of Mariupol. The...
