Tag: World

Bombings around Iraq kill 8 ahead of elections

Sameer Yacoub · April 2, 2014 12:37 pm

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych calls Russian takeover of Crimea a ‘tragedy’

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych calls Russian takeover of Crimea a ‘tragedy’

Washington Examiner · April 2, 2014 12:14 pm

Egypt state TV says a 3rd blast has hit area outside Cairo University; no word on casualties

Egypt state TV says a 3rd blast has hit area outside Cairo University; no word on casualties

Washington Examiner · April 2, 2014 11:15 am

Interior Ministry spokesman says 4 police officers killed in suicide blast in Afghan capital

Interior Ministry spokesman says 4 police officers killed in suicide blast in Afghan capital

Washington Examiner · April 2, 2014 11:04 am

India’s election by the numbers

India’s election by the numbers

The Associated Press · April 2, 2014 10:28 am

Policemen stand guard as census enumerators, center, asks questions to collect information from a family at Thae Chaung village in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Enumerators fanned out across Myanmar on Sunday for a census that has been widely criticized for stoking religious and ethnic tensions, after the government denied members of a long-persecuted Muslim minority the right to identify themselves as "Rohingya." (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

UN concerned Rohingya excluded from Myanmar census

KHIN MAUNG WIN · April 2, 2014 10:08 am

Hollande’s former partner Segolene Royal named to new French Cabinet

Hollande’s former partner Segolene Royal named to new French Cabinet

Washington Examiner · April 2, 2014 9:28 am

In this Monday, March 31, 2014 photo released by the South Korea Defense Ministry Wednesday, April 2, 2014, an unmanned drone lies on the ground damaged on Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea when the two Koreas fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other's waters. South Korea suspects that the drone that crashed on the frontline South Korean island was flown by rival North Korea, an official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry)

South Korea suspects 2 crashed drones from North Korea

HyungJin Kim · April 2, 2014 9:22 am

A page from Chinese actor Wen Zhang's Sina Weibo account showing an apology statement to his wife and children posted by him is displayed on a computer screen at a cafe in Beijing, China Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The Chinese actor's apology to his actress wife following rumors of his infidelity has set a record for comments and retweets on China's version of Twitter. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese actor’s apology to wife breaks web record

Louise Watt · April 2, 2014 8:49 am

Syrians adjust to life without limbs

Ryan Lucas · April 2, 2014 7:13 am

In this March 30, 2014, photo U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Paris. The United States is talking with Israel about the possibility of releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard early from his life sentence as an incentive in the troubled Mideast peace negotiations, a person familiar with the situation said Monday March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

American spy’s release would be high-stakes gamble

Lara Jakes · April 2, 2014 7:06 am

Venezuela’s street barricades a deadly protest

Christopher Sherman · April 2, 2014 4:50 am