Tag: World

Thai junta forces rights group to nix presentation

THANYARAT DOKSONETODD PITMAN · September 2, 2014 11:24 am

National Bureau of Investigation agents secure alleged leader Grandeur Pepito Guerrero, center, of a group who call themselves as USAFE as he arrives for inquest proceedings at the Department of Justice in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Philippine authorities have arrested Guerrero and two others linked to a group that allegedly planned to set off firebombs at the Manila airport and a mall to protest the government's alleged "soft" stance in its territorial dispute with China.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Anti-China group nabbed for planned Manila attacks

Oliver Teves · September 2, 2014 10:54 am

Athletes from a local gymnastics team break from training, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. In just over a week, North Korea will send its top athletes to win gold for their leader in what could well be the biggest sporting event of their lives and a major propaganda campaign for their nation, the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

North Korea athletes on mission for political gold

Eric Talmadge · September 2, 2014 9:57 am

Surrogate offers clues into man with 16 babies

JOCELYN GECKERTHANYARAT DOKSONE · September 2, 2014 9:53 am

Raw: Police Display Peru’s Biggest Drug Haul

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 9:11 am

Iran unveils new surface-to-air missile, radars

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 8:40 am

Gunmen in Tunisia attempt to kill politician

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 7:22 am

Homicide charges for S. Korean soldiers over death

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 5:44 am

Australian dad accused of abusing Thai-born twins

Rod McGuirk · September 2, 2014 5:41 am

British police officers stand guard outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is expected on Monday to expand powers to combat terrorism in hopes of preventing attacks by Islamist militants returning from terror training in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK: Passports could be seized to fight terrorism

Sylvia Hui · September 2, 2014 5:30 am

British human rights activist Andy Hall arrives at Phra Khanong provincial court for a trial in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Hall, who investigated alleged abuses at a Thai fruit processing factory went on trial Tuesday in the first in a series of criminal lawsuits filed against him by the company. Natural Fruit Co. Ltd. is accusing Hall of defamation in the wake of a report he helped author last year for the Finland-based watchdog group Finnwatch that detailed poor labor conditions in seafood and pineapple export companies in Thailand.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

British migrant rights activist faces Thai trial

Todd Pitman · September 2, 2014 4:35 am

Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues dies at 86

Jenny Barchfield · September 2, 2014 4:07 am