Tag: World

Moose disrupts handicraft class at Swedish school

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 3:43 pm

Israel rules out talks with new Palestinian government, authorizes PM to impose sanctions

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 2:58 pm

In this photo released by the Royal Palace on Monday June 2, 2014 and distributed by Spain's national agency EFE, Spain's King Juan Carlos makes a televised speech Monday in the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid announcing his abdication. Spain's King Juan Carlos plans to abdicate and pave the way for his son, Crown Prince Felipe, to take over, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told the country Monday in an announcement broadcast nationwide. The 76-year-old Juan Carlos oversaw his country's transition from dictatorship to democracy but has had repeated health problems in recent years. (AP Photo/Spanish Royal Palace/EFE)

Retiring royalty: Kings and queens can just quit?

Mike Corder · June 2, 2014 2:55 pm

A protester, center, is arrested by plainclothes Thai police officers after staging an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. An anti-coup activist in Thailand called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai police criticized for posing as journalists

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 2:39 pm

Dust storm roars into Iran, killing at least 4

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 2:27 pm

Egypt sentences 43 Islamists to prison for attacks

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 2:19 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands behind a window with reflection of flags, as she waits for the arrival of Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for talks at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber),

Merkel seeks unity as Europe argues over EU job

Geir Moulson · June 2, 2014 2:04 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, file photo the surviving members of the Monty Python comedy group, from left, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese pose for photographers during a photocall to promote a reunion stage show they are going to perform together, at a hotel in London. American Monty Python fans who can't attend the troupe's London reunion can always look on the bright side of life. The show will be screened in hundreds of U.S. movie theaters. The anarchic British comedians are reuniting for 10 shows at London's O2 Arena in July, 34 years after their last stage performance. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

AP Interview: Monty Python swansong will surprise

Jill Lawless · June 2, 2014 1:48 pm

An Indian woman, left, one among the protestors demonstrating outside the office of Uttar Pradesh state chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding that he crack down on an increasing number of rape and other attacks on women and girls, scuffles with police in Lucknow, India, Monday, June 2, 2014. Police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of women who were protesting Monday against a rise in violence against women in the northern Indian state where two teenagers were gang-raped last week and later found hanging from a tree. (AP Photo)

Police use water cannons on Indian rape protesters

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 1:37 pm

Top Iran leader urges closer ties with Arab states

Amir Vahdat · June 2, 2014 1:02 pm

Clashes, bombings kill 18 people in eastern Libya

Esam Mohamed · June 2, 2014 12:52 pm

In this Sunday, June 1, 2014, photo, close to midnight, people celebrate on the street the formation of India's 29th state, Telangana, in Hyderabad, India. Celebrations greeted the creation Monday of India's newest state of Telangana, marking the formal division of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Telangana celebrates becoming India’s newest state

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 12:24 pm