Tag: World

Attacks across Iraq kill 27 people

Sameer Yacoub · June 6, 2014 7:52 pm

Croatia's Eduardo Da Silva gestures during the internationa friendly soccer match between Croatia and Mali, in Osijek, Croatia, Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

From Brazil to Croatia to the World Cup

Washington Examiner · June 6, 2014 7:38 pm

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah talks to the phone during his campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 6, 2014. The Afghan Interior Ministry says a suicide bomber and a roadside bomb struck the convoy as it left a campaign event at a wedding hall in the capital Kabul, killing several civilians but leaving the candidate himself unharmed. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan candidate escapes assassination attempt

Amir Shah · June 6, 2014 7:10 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama, centre, and French President Francois Hollande, left, stand with veterans during the playing of Taps, at Normandy American Cemetery at Omaha Beach as he participates in the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy, France, Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

AP PHOTOS: D-Day remembrance in Normandy

The Associated Press · June 6, 2014 6:50 pm

Toronto mayor ‘appeared intoxicated’ at City Hall

Rob Gillies · June 6, 2014 5:58 pm

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from a damaged building which was attacked by a government airstrike, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday June 3, 2014. Waving photos of their leader and dancing with flags, tens of thousands of Syrians pledged renewed allegiance to President Bashar Assad as they voted Tuesday across government-controlled parts of the country in a presidential election decried by the opposition as a charade. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Hezbollah chief hails Assad win in Syria election

Washington Examiner · June 6, 2014 5:29 pm

Missing UK veteran found at D-Day events in France

Washington Examiner · June 6, 2014 5:10 pm

Putin says immediate ceasefire in Ukraine is necessary to create conditions for talks

Washington Examiner · June 6, 2014 4:59 pm

A Thai soldier places barbed wire on the ground after pulling it out from a canal near the Government House during a cleanup operation Friday, June 6, 2014 in Bangkok. Thailand's new military government moved against two of its top targets on Thursday, capturing a top organizer of protests against its recent takeover and launching a probe into the finances of the former elected prime minister. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai police: We’ll ‘get you’ for junta criticism

Thanyarat Doksone · June 6, 2014 4:12 pm

A woman looks at an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in the rain in Tokyo, Friday, June 6, 2014. Asian stocks were mostly indifferent on Friday to the unveiling of a big stimulus package from the European Central Bank as investors awaited the U.S. jobs report for May. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Stocks rise on US jobs report

The Associated Press · June 6, 2014 4:06 pm

South African president takes a break

Christopher Torchia · June 6, 2014 3:59 pm

FILE: In this Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 file photo chess grandmaster and Russian opposition leader, Garry Kasparov, speaks to the media at a Moscow court where he was unexpectedly acquitted of participating in an unauthorized political rally. Kasparov, who became the youngest world chess champion in 1985 at age 22 but quit the profession two decades later, wants to return as the head of the governing body of chess, challenging its longtime president in a campaign that has both camps already in attack mode. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel-File)

Garry Kasparov aims for top chess job

Christopher Torchia · June 6, 2014 3:58 pm