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  • Iran players celebrate after beating South Korea during the Asian zone Group A qualifying soccer match for the 2014 World Cup in Ulsan, South Korea Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Iran won 1-0. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Do-hun)

    World Cup 2014: Iran, South Korea, Australia qualify for Brazil

    Australia beat Iraq 1-0 in Sydney. Iran won 1-0 at Ulsan, South Korea, and finished first in its group. South Korea secured second place on goal difference after finishing even on points with Uzbekistan, which won 5-1 at home against Qatar.

  • Tiger Woods smiles as he walks up the 18th hole during practice for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

    2013 U.S. Open tee times, pairings for first and second rounds

    The marquee group of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott is set to go off Thursday at 1:14 p.m. and Friday at 7:44 a.m.

  • Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying

    Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, was eliminated in qualifying for next year's tournament on Tuesday night and Denmark put itself in nearly as dismal a position.

  • Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying

    Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, was eliminated in qualifying for next year's tournament on Tuesday night and Denmark put itself in nearly as dismal a position.

  • FILE - In this June 2, 2013, file photo, Tiger Woods, left, talks with Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, as they wait to hit on the 12th hole during the final round of the Memorial golf tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Few other American courses have the kind of history found at Merion. They have red wicker baskets, the symbol of golf club, though its origins remain a mystery. Equally mysterious to Woods, McIlroy and the rest of the stars at the 113th U.S. Open is Merion itself. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

    2013 U.S. Open: Tee times set for Thursday, Friday rounds at Merion

    Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, the top three players in the world rankings, will play together in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at Merion.

  • Golf Capsules

    Harris English shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a two-stroke lead in the St. Jude Classic, the final event before the U.S. Open next week at Merion.

  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves in this government-issued photograph.

    North Korea launches charm offensive, talks with South set for next week

    North and South Korea agreed in principle Thursday to hold their first official talks for several years next week, signaling a thaw in frosty cross-border relations after months of high-strung diplomatic tensions and military exercises on both sides of the divided peninsula.

  • **FILE** President Obama speaks on May 2, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, where he announced he will nominate Penny Pritzker (right) as secretary of commerce and Michael Froman (left) as U.S. trade representative. (Associated Press)

    Trade pick presses for 'fast-track' authority for new deals

    President Obama's pick to be his top trade adviser told lawmakers Thursday that he would push for Congress to restore the administration's "fast-track" authority to negotiate free-trade pacts, as the administration gears up for major market-opening talks with the European Union and with Asia-Pacific nations.

  • Soccer, politics at play in Iran-Qatar qualifier

    In a match with political overtones, Iran plays Qatar in a World Cup qualifier Tuesday that both nations need to win to maintain hope of reaching next year's tournament in Brazil.

  • Golf Capsules

    Matt Kuchar thrived in tough conditions that sent Tiger Woods to the worst nine holes of his PGA Tour career Saturday.

  • Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gestures before boarding an aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington's Maryland suburbs on Saturday, April 20, 2013, for a trip to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

    Hagel, Asian allies meet to coordinate strategy on North Korea

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts this weekend to coordinate policies on North Korea, as Pyongyang appears to have stepped back from its recent provocations and bellicose rhetoric in favor of a more conciliatory stance.

  • Former Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson has entered the gun rights arena in Colorado as chairman of Save Our Shotguns.
(The Washington Times)

    Inside the Beltway: Trumpaliscious

    Donald Trump may glitter, but he's also evergreen. The billionaire's appeal to press and public knows no season, whether he's pondering President Obama's birth certificate or revealing he'd spent $1 million on electoral research for a White House run. Like he did this week.

  • South Korean protesters hold the pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2012, denouncing North Korea's rocket launch. The letters read "Out, Pro-North Korea politic." (Associated Press)

    China snubs Pyongyang by inviting S. Korean president to Beijing

    China has deliberately snubbed North Korea by inviting South Korea's recently elected president to Beijing, while officials hectored a high-level delegation from Pyongyang last week and issued no such invitation to the North's third-generation hereditary leader, Kim Jong-Un.

  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    FISHER: Weakening U.S. presence encourages Chinese aggression

    As the Obama administration descends into a long summer of scandal investigations, its domestic weakness could serve to exacerbate long-standing Asian political fault lines that heretofore were calmed by the assurance of American strength.

  • Matsuyama earns spot in US Open

    Hideki Matsuyama had rounds of 67 and 65 on Monday to earn one of five spots in a U.S. Open qualifier in Japan.

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