Tag: World

Thai military junta lifts curfew in 20 provinces

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 4:04 pm

In this photo taken Friday, May 30, 2014, 34-year-old single mother Madinah Nalukenge serves dishes to customers at her food stall, frequented by transport operators, that she owns on the edge of a bus terminal in the capital Kampala, Uganda. About 63 percent of women in the non-agricultural labor force are self-employed in the informal sector in Africa, more than twice the worldwide rate according to World Bank data, which also shows that necessity, not opportunity, is the main driving force behind female entrepreneurship in poor countries. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie)

Africa’s women entrepreneurs take the lead

Rodney Muhumuza · June 10, 2014 4:01 pm

Poland’s PM: doctor’s duty is above his faith

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 3:17 pm

Actress Angelina Jolie arrives at the 'End Sexual Violence in Conflict' summit in London. Actress Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague are hosting a four-day summit on sexual violence in war zones, attended by officials from over 100 countries. The summit, starting Tuesday, aims to identify ways to improve investigation of sexual violence and provide support for women and girls. (AP Photo/PA, Stefan Rousseau) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE

Jolie and UK’s Hague host sexual violence summit

Sylvia Hui · June 10, 2014 2:59 pm

FILE : in this Saturday, May 24, 2014 file photo South African President Jacob Zuma is sworn in for a second term in Pretoria, South Africa. Officials said Tuesday, June 10, 2014 that Zuma is missing a three-day Cabinet meeting this week while resting after hospital tests. The president's office previously said he was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after a weekend checkup following a demanding schedule. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

South African president at home after health tests

Christopher Torchia · June 10, 2014 2:44 pm

Bulgaria president calls meeting to set early poll

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 2:12 pm

Cambodian PM says opposition will rue his death

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 2:11 pm

Brazil protest ruled out; 1 threat to Cup averted

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 1:37 pm

Sierra Leone president fires deputy over mining

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 12:48 pm

A new animal kingdom for Michod in ‘The Rover’

Jake Coyle · June 10, 2014 12:47 pm

Blogger sued by Singapore PM fired from job

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 12:40 pm

FILE- This combination of two photos shows graffiti of a woman with the words "no harassment," in Arabic, taken on June 23, 2012, left, and the addition by another artist, on Nov. 6, 2012 of a stick figure touching her backside, under a bridge in the upscale Zamalek neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian police on Monday, June 9, 2014 arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of the country's new president in Cairo's central Tahrir Square the day before, security officials said. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi weighs in on sexual harassment

Hamza Hendawi · June 10, 2014 12:32 pm