Tag: World

India à la Modi

Jonathan Foreman · June 2, 2014 4:00 am

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, center, puts a hat during the inauguration of the BRT Transcarioca (Rapid Transit Bus) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 1, 2014. The corridor has 39 kilometers long, cutting through 27 neighborhoods and will serve 320 thousand people every day, reducing in 60 per cent the average time of the commute. The corridor will connect the International Airport to the subway, which takes the passengers to the Maracana stadium. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil opens Rio bus system planned for World Cup

Associated Press · June 2, 2014 1:53 am

Officials: Bomb hits northeast Nigerian town

Ibrahim Abdulaziz · June 2, 2014 12:39 am

Shepherds herd their sheep, dressed in jerseys of Brazil's and Colombia's soccer team colors, during a sheep soccer match in Nobsa, Colombia, Sunday, June 1, 2014. The match was part of the International Poncho Day, celebrated every year in this region of central Colombian where local craftsmen make sheep wool ponchos using ancestral techniques. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

Soccer-playing sheep in Colombia honor World Cup

Cesar Garcia · June 1, 2014 11:13 pm

El Salvador's incoming President, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, right, and his wife Margarita Villalta wave during his swearing in ceremony in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Ex-guerrilla sworn in as El Salvador’s president

Marcos Aleman · June 1, 2014 11:11 pm

FILE - In this hand out file photo distributed on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by the Belgian Federal Police, a surveillance camera shows a man shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Paris prosecutor's office said a man has been arrested Friday May 30, 2014 in the investigation of the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead. (AP Photo/Belgian Federal Police, File)

Suspect in Jewish museum killings went to Syria

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 10:45 pm

Soldier exchange aside, Guantanamo hurdles persist

Ben Fox · June 1, 2014 8:09 pm

Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts after missing a return during the fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Federer loses to Gulbis in French Open’s 4th round

Howard Fendrich · June 1, 2014 7:44 pm

Jordan amends, widens its anti-terrorism laws

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 6:27 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second right, speaks during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool)

Israel PM wants Palestinian government isolated

Josef Federman · June 1, 2014 5:56 pm

Iran holds ceremony for commander killed in Syria

Nasser Karimi · June 1, 2014 4:58 pm

Riot polices take position during a protest against the eviction of social squatters from the building in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The demonstration, which drew supporters from around and outside the city, was to protest Mondayâs closing of a social center that was occupied by squatters for 17 years. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

7 arrests as hooded youths clash with Spain police

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 4:47 pm