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National Edition Opinion cover for April 23, 2015 - The FBI, the Holocaust and us (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Cambodian coalition soldiers carrying their Chinese-made AK-47s march at the welcoming ceremony of President Prince Norodom Sihanouk as he visits in Simanouk Buri, Cambodia, in 1983. (Associated PRess)
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Shiite rebels known as Houthis hold up their weapons during a protest to denounce the Saudi aggression in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Yemen's Shiite rebels, who have taken over large parts of the country and have faced a Saudi-led air assault, said Wednesday they welcome United Nations-led talks to find a political solution to the conflict. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Afghan security personals inspect at the site of roadside bomb explosion in Behsood district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April, 22, 2015. In eastern Nagharhar province, where the Taliban have long been active, Ahamd Zia Abdulazai, spokesman for the provincial governor, said that a prosecutor and his driver were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Behsud district. (AP Photo)
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Nazhan Sakher, left, smokes a cigarette in the bedroom of the base on the frontline outside the city of Makhmour, northern Iraq, during a break in this Monday, April 20, 2015 photo. He leads a group of around 300 fighters from the al-Lehib tribe who have reluctantly allied with Iraqi troops and Kurdish forces to fight the Islamic State group — and fellow tribesmen who still support the extremists. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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National Edition News cover for April 22, 2015 - Russia tests resolve of NATO allies for former Soviet blocs: FILE - In this Friday, May 9, 2014 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea. With hundreds of new aircraft, tanks and missiles rolling off assembly lines and Russian jets buzzing European skies under NATO’s wary eye, it doesn’t look like Russia’s economic woes have had any impact on the Kremlin’s ambitious military modernization program. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized a string of provocative moves from the Arctic to the Black Sea in recent months in an attempt to intimidate NATO allies along the border for the old Soviet Union, including Hungary, Romania and Latvia, and boost allies of Moscow living in those countries. (Associated Press)
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Japan's government said that the number of scrambles by the country's warplanes due to Russian incursions has surged to levels nearly matching the Cold War era. (Associated Press)
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President Obama will once again stop short of calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and disappointment from those who have been pushing him to fulfill a campaign promise and use the politically fraught term on the 100th anniversary of the killings this week. (Associated Press)
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A Saudi soldier sits on top of an armor vehicle as he aims his weapons, on the border with Yemen, at a military point in Najran, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Demonstrators against the death penalty stand outside the Moakley Federal Court during first day of the penalty phase for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 in Boston. The government then began calling to the stand what is expected to be a long line of witnesses who lost legs or loved ones in the April 15, 2013, bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260. An MIT police officer was shot to death days later as Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, tried to get away. (John Tlumacki /The Boston Globe via AP) BOSTON HERALD OUT, QUINCY OUT; NO SALES
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 is prepared for take-off from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). U.S. Navy photo.
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Displaced people from Ramadi cross the Bzebiz bridge heading towards Ramadi as they return to their homes, in Ramadi, 65 km west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. A United Nations humanitarian agency says more than 90,000 people have fled the Islamic State group's advance in Iraq's western Anbar province, which has set off fierce fighting in and around the provincial capital Ramadi. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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In this April 13, 2015 photo released by U.S. Navy Media Content Services, helicopters fly from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during a vertical replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. Navy has dispatched USS Theodore Roosevelt toward the waters off Yemen to join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to Houthi rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Fenaroli/ U.S. Navy Media Content Services via AP)
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In this Wednesday, April 15, 2015, file image released by U.S. Navy Media Content Services, an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Knighthawks of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 136, lands on the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Fifth Fleet area of operations. The U.S. Navy has dispatched USS Theodore Roosevelt toward the waters off Yemen to join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to Houthi rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Van Nuys/U.S. Navy Media Content Services via AP)
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In this Wednesday, April 15, 2015 image released by the U.S. Navy, a shooter launches an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 11, off the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Fifth Fleet area of operations. he U.S. Navy has dispatched USS Theodore Roosevelt toward the waters off Yemen to join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to Houthi rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Van Nuys/U.S. Navy Media Content Services via AP)
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In this April 13, 2015 photo released by U.S. Navy Media Content Services, helicopters fly from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during a vertical replenishment with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. Navy has dispatched USS Theodore Roosevelt toward the waters off Yemen to join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to Houthi rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Fenaroli/ U.S. Navy Media Content Services via AP)
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The Air Force has returned to flight duty the four B-1B crew members who dropped two bombs that killed five U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in June — the deadliest "friendly fire" incident in the long war. (Associated Press)
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A female member of the U.S. armed forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)
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FBI director James Comey as he gestures during a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. FBI director Comey has caused huge offense to a U.S. ally: using language to suggest that Poles were accomplices in the Holocaust. On Monday, April 20, 2015 Poles were waiting to see if FBI director James Comey apologizes _ something Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said he expected so the matter can be settled. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
