Tag: World

Kenya: US Embassy increases defenses amid threat

Jason Straziuso · June 5, 2014 3:42 pm

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron finish a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: No apology for Bergdahl prisoner exchange

Julie Pace · June 5, 2014 3:30 pm

Actor George Takei, left, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, center, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie Abe toast during a reception at Kennedy's official residence Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Tokyo. Takei said he needed courage and anger to come out as gay and to join the equal rights movement for sexual minorities in the U.S., and he hopes his Japanese counterparts will do the same to make their society more equal. Takei, 77, is in Japan to attend embassy-organized events marking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month in the U.S. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)

George Takei sees gay pride beginning in Japan

Mari Yamaguchi · June 5, 2014 3:12 pm

Europeans eye new tools to stop Syria jihad

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2014 2:58 pm

Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, right, smiles as he listens to spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Childrenâs Village School in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, June 5, 2014. The prime minister has reaffirmed its commitment to the "Middle Way" approach, a way of engaging China in dialogue to achieve a meaningful autonomy for Tibetans within the country. The "Middle Way Approach" was proposed by the Dalai Lama and adopted as an official policy by the exiled parliament in 1997. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Tibetan exiled gov’t reaffirms dialogue commitment

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2014 2:45 pm

French President Francois Hollande addresses the media during a G7 summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday June 4, 2014. The leaders of the G7 will deliberate their next steps in response to the enduring unrest in Ukraine, after sidelining Russia for its role in the crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Obama deflects French appeal in massive bank fine

Lori Hinnant · June 5, 2014 2:33 pm

Egypt’s government levies $25 tax on tourists

Maggie Hyde · June 5, 2014 2:23 pm

President Barack Obama British Prime Minister David Cameron speak during a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama concerned about France-Russia warship deal

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2014 2:22 pm

Pope Francis smiles as he leaves St. Peter's Square following his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis shakes up Vatican financial watchdog

Nicole Winfield · June 5, 2014 2:08 pm

Afghans say 3 Taliban arrested in Jesuit kidnap

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2014 12:44 pm

Bahrain court jails 4 for life in bombing death

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2014 12:13 pm

South Africa: helmet cam records robbery

Christopher Torchia · June 5, 2014 12:00 pm