Tag: World

Sri Lanka bans NGO news conferences, releases

Bharatha Mallawarachi · July 9, 2014 10:03 am

FILE - In this Sunday, March 23, 2014 file photo, Shah Mohammad, older brother of killed Afghan Agence France-Press journalist Sardar Ahmad attempts to give a kiss to his niece Nilofar's picture during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sardar, his wife and two of his young children were killed when four gunmen attacked the Serena hotel in Kabul during New Year's celebrations on March 20, 2014. The number of Afghan civilians, including children, killed in violence rose by nearly 17 percent in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2013 as the fight is increasingly taking place closer to homes in populated areas, the U.N. said Wednesday, July 9, 2014.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

UN: Afghan civilian death toll up so far this year

RAHIM FAIEZKIM GAMEL · July 9, 2014 10:02 am

FILE - In this Thirsday, June 19, 2014 file photo, Palestinians watch a World Cup football game on a wide screen on the beach of Gaza City. Politics and conflict are never far from soccer in the Middle East, but this year's World Cup has been entangled with unprecedented sectarian violence and soaring tensions between Arab countries, pushing fans to watch matches in secret or even on a channel owned by region's number one enemy _ Israel.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

World Cup entangled with Mideast conflicts

Barbara Surk · July 9, 2014 9:38 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, greets newly appointed Bharatiya Janata party or BJP president Amit Shah, second left, as outgoing party president Rajnath Singh, left, and BJP senior leader L.K.Advani look on, at party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed chief of Indiaâs ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Shah replaces Rajnath Singh who was recently sworn in as home minister in Modiâs cabinet. (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)

Close Modi aide chosen India’s ruling party chief

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2014 9:19 am

A relative assists a visually impaired man to cast his ballot during the presidential election at a polling station in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Widodo leads early results in Indonesia election

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2014 8:37 am

Investigation blames birds for US helicopter crash

Danica Kirka · July 9, 2014 7:37 am

In this photo taken on May 29, 2014, Syrian refugee women attend a hair dressing class where they obtain crucial training to find jobs in a community center in Halba, north Lebanon. Across the region women lead about a quarter of all Syrian refugee families, which number some 145,000, the United Nations estimated in a report issued Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian refugee women face harassment, poverty

Diaa Hadid · July 9, 2014 7:06 am

In this June 23, 2014 photo released by Tsering Woeser, well-known Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser poses for a photo in Inner Mongolia in northern China. She said Wednesday, July 9, 2014 that she and her husband have been placed under house arrest in Beijing as China plays host to U.S. State Secretary John Kerry for the latest round of U.S.-China talks. (AP Photo/Wang Lixiong)

Tibetan activist gets home arrest as Kerry arrives

Didi Tang · July 9, 2014 5:28 am

Women walk amid strong winds on a street in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Powerful Typhoon Neoguri pounded across the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, as residents took refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges. Airports closed and residents were evacuated from low-lying areas and shorelines as the typhoon passed over Okinawa, packing sustained winds of 175 kilometers (108 miles) per hour and gusts up to 250 kph (154 mph), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Typhoon heads toward Kyushu after slamming Okinawa

Yuri Kageyama · July 9, 2014 5:11 am

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", left, accompanied by his wife Iriana, casts his ballot during the presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. As the world's third-largest democracy began voting Wednesday to elect a new president, Indonesians are divided between two very different choices: a one-time furniture maker, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, and a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former dictator Suharto, Prabowo Subianto. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

A glance at presidential election in Indonesia

The Associated Press · July 9, 2014 4:13 am

Brazil tries to come to grips with big WCup loss

jenny-barchfieldadriana, gomez-licon · July 9, 2014 4:02 am

In this Tuesday, July 8, 2014 image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for a commemoration ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of its first leader, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim seemed to have somehow hurt his leg enough to require a slight, but visible, limp as he marched across the stage Tuesday to assume his position of honor. He limped again as he left the room when the event was over. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT

North Korean leader limps at televised event

The Associated Press · July 9, 2014 3:28 am