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Opponents of ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry their injured friend who was wounded during clashes with Morsi supporters, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 22, 2013. Several hundred Morsi supporters tried to march toward the U.S. Embassy, passing near Tahrir Square, where Morsi opponents have been camped out. Clashes erupted between the two sides. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

6 dead in Cairo sit-in as Mohammed Morsi’s family accuses military of ‘abduction’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Friday, July 19, 2013, file photo, Marte Deborah Dalelv from Norway, 24, talks to The Associated Press reporter in Dubai, after she was sentenced 16 months in jail for having sex outside of marriage after she reported an alleged rape. Dalelv at the center of a Dubai rape claim dispute says she has been pardoned and is free to leave the country. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Rape victim who was jailed by Dubai court is freed

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Spencer Massey performs a burnout in his Schumacher Electric dragster en route to winning the NHRA New England Nationals auto race at New England Dragway, Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Epping, N.H. (Associated Press)

Brits break electric car speed record, at 204 mph

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this April 20, 2013, file photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday, June 24, 2013, Musharraf, who ousted him in a coup over a decade ago should be tried for treason. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan’s P.M. Nawaz Sharif: Pervez Musharraf should face treason charge

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich on Oct. 10, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Facebook data glitch exposes 6 million users

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A brown bear catches a salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, in Alaska on July 17, 2012. (Associated Press/explore.org, Tahitia Hicks) **FILE**

China intercepts 213 illegal bear paws from Russia

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egyptian President Morsi expands Islamist rule with key governor appointments

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard makes a statement to the media after a leadership ballot in Canberra, Australia, March 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Australian D.J. fired for cracking gay joke at P.M.

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Afghan men rush a wounded woman to receive treatment, after a suicide car bomber struck outside the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Suicide bomber outside Kabul court, near U.S. Embassy, kills 17

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Taliban accused of beheading boys, 10 and 16, for spying

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pakistan's incoming prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, center, surround by media persons, arrives to attend the first National Assembly session in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, June 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif puts U.S. drones in crosshairs

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A man cleans graffiti reading ''Resign'' from a storefront on Istiklal Street, Istanbul's main shopping strip, Monday, June 3, 2013. The demonstrations that grew out of anger over excessive police force have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, challenging Prime Minister's Recep Tayyip Erdogan power. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Turkey’s market tumbles as anti-government rallies roil

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iraq foils al Qaeda chemical weapons plot: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Russian anti-air missiles may be Syrian ‘game changer’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

African Union accuses International Criminal Court of ‘race hunting’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A man stands in a London street after allegedly screaming, 'Allahu Akbar,' and killing a man in broad daylight. (ITV news screenshot)

London attackers shout ‘Allahu Akbar,’ machete man to death

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Syria’s Bashar Assad: I’m not stepping down

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Ultra-orthodox Jewish men scuffle with Israeli security forcers during a prayer organized by the "Women of the Wall" organization, not pictured, at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Orthodox Jews rally against forced military service in Israel

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Silvio Berlusconi (Associated Press)

Prosecutors push for 6-year sentence for Silvio Berlusconi in sex case

The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this April 29, 2009, file photo, Liu Tienan, then the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, speaks during a press conference in Shanghai. China's top anti-graft committee is investigating the deputy chairman of the country's economic planning agency, the latest high-level official to be ensnared by the new leadership's anti-corruption drive. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

China investigates high-ranking economic leader for graft

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times