Tag: World

FILE - In this May 7, 2012 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Haiyang Shiyou oil rig 981, the first deep-water drilling rig developed in China, is pictured at 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Hong Kong in the South China Sea. China on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 moved an oil rig that it had deployed in a section of the South China Sea, triggering a dispute with Vietnam. Beijing deployed the massive rig in early May close to the Paracel Islands, triggering a furious reaction in Hanoi and the most serious uptick in tensions in the waters in years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jin Liangkuai, File) NO SALES

Energy and Environment

China moves oil rig out of waters Vietnam claims

Chris Brummitt · July 16, 2014 7:49 pm

Uruguay teachers protest attacks by parents

Leonardo Haberkorn · July 16, 2014 7:48 pm

Make room Juan Valdez: Starbucks opens in Colombia

Joshua Goodman · July 16, 2014 7:42 pm

Nigeria seeks to borrow $1 billion for military

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 7:31 pm

Raw: Airstrike Kills 4 Children on Gaza Beach

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 7:27 pm

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syria's President Bashar Assad is sworn for his third, seven-year term, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday July 16, 2014. Proclaiming the Syrian people winners in a "dirty war" waged by outsiders, President Bashar Assad was sworn in on Wednesday, marking the start of his third seven-year term in office amid a bloody civil war that has ravaged the Arab country. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

Assad declares victory, push to topple him tenuous

Zeina Karam · July 16, 2014 7:24 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2014 file photo, pop singer singer Jennifer Lopez performs at the 2014 World Cup opening ceremony in the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A group of of scientists named a water mite in Lopez's honor after discovering a new species near Puerto Rico. The music of the Bronx, New York-born entertainer who has Puerto Rican roots was a hit with the group while they wrote about their findings, biologist Vladimir Pesic said in an email Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Scientists name Puerto Rico water mite after JLo

Danica Coto · July 16, 2014 7:16 pm

In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 rescuers carry a stretcher with a victim from a tunnel after a train derailed between two subway stations in Moscow, Russia. Investigators detained two Moscow subway workers Wednesday in the wake of the deadly rush-hour derailment that killed at least 22 people and injured 136 others. (AP Photo)

2 Moscow subway workers detained in deadly crash

Nataliya Vasilyeva · July 16, 2014 7:01 pm

Morocco warns of terror plot from Syria, Iraq

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 6:26 pm

Nikos Maziotis lays wounded on a sidewalk, with a wig on the left, after a shootout at the tourist area of Monastiraki in central Athens on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Greek police arrested one of the country's most wanted men, a fugitive convicted of terrorism, during a shootout Wednesday in Athens' central tourist district that left four people wounded, authorities said. Maziotis who has been on the run along with his wife Panagiota Roupa since 2012 following their release from jail after serving the maximum 18 months in pre-trial detention. (AP Photo/InTime News, Giannis Liakos) GREECE OUT

Greece: Terror arrest after tourist area shooting

Elena Becatoros · July 16, 2014 6:07 pm

UAE plans first Arab spaceship to Mars in 7 years

Aya Batrawy · July 16, 2014 5:47 pm

Hamas Refuses Cease-fire Proposal

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 5:30 pm