Tag: World

Members of An-Nadzir Muslim sect cast their ballots at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Gowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Polls opened Wednesday for nearly 187 million Indonesians eligible to vote in single-day legislative elections, a huge feat in the still-young democracy that's expected to help clear the path for the country's next president. (AP Photo/Masyudi S. Firmansyah)

Indonesia opposition leads, but less than expected

ali-kotarumalos · April 10, 2014 5:40 am

Lawmakers hold a session at Mexico's national Congress in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Over the decades, corruption scandals have tainted presidents, brought down mayors, seen generals jailed and led to charges against untold numbers of police. But Congress has remained largely untouched. Now, that perception has changed, leaving Mexicans wondering if there is any institution in the country left untouched by corruption. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico congressmen charge mayors for federal funds

Eduardo Castillo · April 10, 2014 4:01 am

Fredy Vegas, 33, a migrant from Honduras who uses a prosthetic leg after loosing his limb while riding the train through Mexico toward the U.S. border, poses for a portrait at a migrant shelter in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Vegas is in Mexico City, along with other Honduran migrants who lost limbs after falling from trains during northbound journeys across Mexico, to ask the country's Senate to stop the government's persecution of Central Americans and protect them from criminal gangs. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Honduran migrants ask Mexico to allow free passage

Mark Stevenson · April 10, 2014 3:09 am

Argentine federal police stage major drug raids

Argentine federal police stage major drug raids

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 10:41 pm

Toronto police's forensic unit arrives at an office building following a stabbing in Toronto, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. A man stabbed four of his colleagues at a Toronto office building before being subdued, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

4 people stabbed at Canada office building

Rob Gillies · April 9, 2014 10:02 pm

National Security

US troops may be sent to Eastern Europe

JohnThor Dahlburg · April 9, 2014 9:50 pm

Pink eye extends school closures in American Samoa

Pink eye extends school closures in American Samoa

Fili Sagapolutele · April 9, 2014 9:41 pm

Mother of the late Reeva Steenkamp, June Steenkamp, left, is comforted by family lawyer Dup de Bruyn, as they listen to cross questioning of Oscar Pistorius, in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool)

Pistorius refuses to look at photo of dead lover

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAGERALD IMRAY · April 9, 2014 9:29 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia's state-owned gas company could ask Ukraine to pay for gas in advance, according to Russian state news agencies. In a meeting Wednesday with government ministers, Putin said that asking for advance payments "corresponded with the contract" between Ukraine and Russia, but asked that state energy giant Gazprom refrain from such drastic measures until "additional consultations" between both sides. From right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

Energy and Environment

Putin turns up economic heat before Ukraine talks

PETER LEONARDVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · April 9, 2014 9:11 pm

Cuba probes mobile data leak in ZunZuneo case

Cuba probes mobile data leak in ZunZuneo case

Andrea Rodriguez · April 9, 2014 7:44 pm

Iran: ’50 to 60 percent agreement’ on nuke deal

National Security

Iran: ’50 to 60 percent agreement’ on nuke deal

George Jahn · April 9, 2014 7:34 pm

Puerto Rico probes darkening of Vieques bio bay

Puerto Rico probes darkening of Vieques bio bay

Danica Coto · April 9, 2014 7:25 pm