Tag: World

Watchdog: Nigeria gov’t interrupting newspapers

Washington Examiner · June 7, 2014 12:07 pm

In this June 4, 2014 photo, Thai soldiers hold a horse on display at an event organized by soldiers called "Return Happiness to the People" at Bangkok's Victory Monument, Thailand. The military junta that seized power here last month has no plans to return power to the people any time soon. But it has launched an official campaign to bring back something else this divided nation desperately needs - happiness. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Cheer up, Thailand! Junta aims to return happiness

Todd Pitman · June 7, 2014 12:05 pm

An Indian cycle rickshaw puller drinks water on a hot day in Allahabad, India, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Thousands of people enraged by power cuts during an extreme heat wave have been rioting across northern India, setting electricity substations on fire and taking power company officials hostage, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indians riot as heat wave prompts power cuts

Biswajeet Banerjee · June 7, 2014 11:47 am

FILE - In this Thursday April 3, 2008 file photo, Li Fangping, center, the lawyer for civil rights activist Hu Jia, speaks to reporters outside the Beijing No. 1 People's Intermediate Court, after Hu was sentenced to three and a half years jail, in Beijing. Around 20 attorneys gathered Saturday, June 7, 2014, in a central Chinese city to demand access to several activists detained ahead of the politically sensitive 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square military suppression of protesters. Prominent rights lawyer Li said the attorneys staged an overnight protest starting Friday outside the Zhengzhou city police bureau after authorities denied their requests for weeks to see their clients. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

China lawyers demand access to detained activists

Washington Examiner · June 7, 2014 11:33 am

Ukraine president-elect Petro Poroshenko attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Q&A: Who is Ukraine’s new president?

Laura Mills · June 7, 2014 8:23 am

A South Korean army soldier stands guard at a military checkpoint near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, June 7, 2014. North Korea has detained a 56-year old man from Ohio, accusing him of an unspecified crime after he traveled to the communist-led country as a tourist, the nation's state news agency and the man's family said Friday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea says it is holding an American tourist

HyungJin Kim · June 7, 2014 5:23 am

Jeff Pyke places a note outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Moncton, New Brunswick, on Friday, June 6, 2014. The suspect in the killing of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police was arrested unarmed early Friday, ending a massive manhunt that paralyzed much of the eastern Canadian city. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

Man suspected of killing Canadian Mounties caught

Patrick Whittle · June 7, 2014 12:21 am

Karen Reichardt, owner of a pet store, poses with her dog wearing a garment resembling the jersey of the Argentine national soccer squad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 5, 2014. Reichardt designed a number of garments for pets ahead of the World Cup that starts next week in Brazil. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

In Argentina, even dogs get snazzy for World Cup

Washington Examiner · June 7, 2014 12:11 am

Officials approve temporary stands for WCup opener

Tales Azzoni · June 6, 2014 11:58 pm

Suarez jogs on field for first time since surgery

Leonardo Haberkorn · June 6, 2014 11:50 pm

Mexico defends decision to prosecute US marine

Olga Rodriguez · June 6, 2014 11:34 pm

Resort plans draw fire in Mexico flamingo reserve

Mark Stevenson · June 6, 2014 11:19 pm