Tag: World

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo provided by U.S. lawyer James L. Berenthal, jailed American Alan Gross poses for a photo during a visit by Rabbi Elie Abadie and Berenthal at Finlay military hospital in Havana, Cuba. Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, released a statement through his lawyer Tuesday, April 8, 2014, saying he began fasting to protest his treatment by the governments of Cuba and the United States. (AP Photo/James L. Berenthal, File)

Cuba ‘concerned’ over American’s hunger strike

Peter Orsi · April 9, 2014 4:57 pm

Nigeria human rights advocate hails progress

Nigeria human rights advocate hails progress

Michelle Faul · April 9, 2014 4:53 pm

Pope Francis gives his thumbs up as he arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope blesses cross made from migrant boats

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 4:51 pm

Man cleared of UK policeman’s murder in 1985 riot

Man cleared of UK policeman’s murder in 1985 riot

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 4:39 pm

Rare sarcophagus, Egyptian scarab found in Israel

Daniel Estrin · April 9, 2014 4:38 pm

Protesters heckle Algeria president’s campaign

Karim Kebir · April 9, 2014 4:08 pm

Egypt arrests former Al-Jazeera freelance reporter

Egypt arrests former Al-Jazeera freelance reporter

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 3:52 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, May 21, 2009, file photo, British socialite Peaches Geldof arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 62nd Cannes International film festival, in Antibes, southern France. Entertainer Bob Geldof's agent says his 25-year-old daughter Peaches has died. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Peaches Geldof autopsy inconclusive

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 3:44 pm

The painted photograph of former escort girl Zahia Dehar is part of the installation by French artists Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, known as Pierre et Gilles, at the Gobelins Gallery in Paris, Monday, April 7, 2014. Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, who have established a strong reputation in Europe and beyond for shock ever since their stylized, hand-painted homoerotic photos first appeared nearly 40 years ago. Today, their iconic images of stars such as Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Mick Jagger and Catherine Deneuve which appear alongside naked gay porn stars in glittering and fantastical scenes line coffee-tables the world over and have titillated millions. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French photo duo Pierre et Gilles love to shock

Thomas Adamson · April 9, 2014 3:27 pm

The Mummy of Tamut, a temple singer around 900 BC, is shown during a press conference at the British Museum in London, Wednesday April 9, 2014. Scientists at the British Museum have used CT scans and volume graphics software to go beneath the bandages, revealing the skin, bones, internal organs, and in one case a brain-scooping rod left inside a skull by embalmers. The results are going on display in an exhibition which sets eight of the museum's mummies alongside detailed 3-D images of their insides. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

New technology unwraps mummies’ ancient mysteries

Jill Lawless · April 9, 2014 3:27 pm

Michael Nyman symphony marks Hillsborough disaster

Michael Nyman symphony marks Hillsborough disaster

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 3:08 pm

US envoy: C. African Republic needs more troops

US envoy: C. African Republic needs more troops

Krista Larson · April 9, 2014 3:05 pm