Tag: World

Russia circulates new UN resolution on Ukraine

Edith Lederer · June 17, 2014 1:24 am

Soccer fans, many supporting Germany, raise their arms and cheer at the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, after Thomas Mueller scored Germany's fourth goal against Portugal on Monday, June 16, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during Germany's World Cup soccer match with Portugal.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

After ugly buildup, time for Jogo Bonito in Brazil

Gerald Imray · June 17, 2014 1:14 am

Chinese-born Australian artist Guo Jian, center left, walks with a friend as he arrives at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Guo, detained in Beijing ahead of the politically sensitive 25th anniversary of the deadly military crackdown on protests around Tiananmen Square has been deported to Sydney on Tuesday, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Australian artist detained in Beijing deported

Rod McGuirk · June 17, 2014 12:23 am

Sweden returns pre-Incan funeral shroud to Peru

Franklin Briceno · June 16, 2014 11:30 pm

People swim in the Rio Negro in Manaus, Brasilia, Monday, June 16, 2014 despite staying in the water despite downpours. (AP Photo/Chris Lehourites)

BRAZIL BEAT: Piranhas? No problem at Manaus beach

Washington Examiner · June 16, 2014 11:19 pm

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iran’s general in Iraq, militants seize key city

HAMZA HENDAWIQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · June 16, 2014 11:06 pm

Jordan’s Prince Zeid to be next UN rights chief

Edith Lederer · June 16, 2014 10:25 pm

Brazil: 2 Argentines questioned about racial slurs

Joshua Goodman · June 16, 2014 10:16 pm

A man who identified himself as a police officer points his gun at anti-World Cup protesters blocking a road that leads to the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2014. The man told people not come any closer to him, and fired shots into the air which dispersed the crowd. He then continued shooting from a car driven by another person as they left the scene. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Rio police investigate officers’ firing in protest

Bradley Brooks · June 16, 2014 10:10 pm

Two men relax in front of a giant screen for soccer fans to watch live broadcast of the World Cup soccer matches on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 16, 2014. Rio de Janeiro is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Brazil officials declare Cup a success

Jenny Barchfield · June 16, 2014 9:53 pm

Demonstrators burn US flag before Americans’ debut

Renata Brito · June 16, 2014 9:53 pm

President Juan Manuel Santos, second from right, embraces his running mate German Vargas as first lady Maria Clemencia Rogriguez, left, and his son Martin Santos stand by during their victory rally in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Santos defeated challenger, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, of the Democratic Center, and won a second four-year term. (AP Photo/Santiago Cortez)

Pressure on Santos to reach peace for Colombia

FRANK BAJAKLIBARDO CARDONA · June 16, 2014 9:44 pm