Tag: World

Smugglers kill 6 soldiers in Egypt gunbattle

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 9:58 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is seen aboard a U.S. Military Aircraft before speaking to members of the media during his flight, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hagel spoke about the released of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who was held hostage in Afghanistan, and who was handed over Saturday morning by members of the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel to discuss progress of Afghanistan forces

Lolita Baldor · June 1, 2014 9:42 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, is seen aboard a U.S. Military Aircraft before speaking to members of the media during his flight, Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hagel spoke about the released of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who was held hostage in Afghanistan, and who was handed over Saturday morning by members of the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Hagel: Captive’s life was in danger

Lolita Baldor · June 1, 2014 9:25 am

AP Interview: Syria candidate praises Bashar Assad

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 9:13 am

In this May 16, 2014, HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY SLUGGED SOUTH KOREA SHIP SINKS DEMONIZED CREW BY YOUKYUNG LEE, middle school students bow during a memorial service for South Korean ferry Sewol chief officer Yang Dae-hong at a hospital in Incheon, South Korea. The letters at a banner read Sewol ferry chief officer Yang Dae-hong was not a coward to the end". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Can South Korea conduct fair trial of ferry crew?

Youkyung Lee · June 1, 2014 7:02 am

In this Wednesday, May 28, 2014 photo, a man looks at his smartphone next to Chinese policemen and a paramilitary policeman standing guard near a giant electronic screen showing a Chinese government propaganda message reading "Dream road ahead, People's Communist party" on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Communist leaders have spent 25 years making sure there is no opportunity to discuss the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown that crushed pro-democracy protests at a cost of hundreds of lives. Far from easing off as China went through three changes of ruling party leadership and a revolution in social media, a relentless campaign aimed at erasing public memory of the most tumultuous event of the past three decades has been steadily updated and tightened. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

In China, a deliberate amnesia about ’89 crackdown

Joe McDonald · June 1, 2014 6:55 am

Iran hangs prisoner linked to opposition group

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 5:36 am

A group of anti-coup protestors read books along an elevated walkway during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, May 31, 2014. In junta-ruled Thailand where the army recently took power in a coup, the simple act of reading in public has become an act of resistance. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

In junta-ruled Thailand, reading is now resistance

Todd Pitman · June 1, 2014 3:30 am

China manufacturing growth grows for third month

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 3:15 am

6 arrested in China killing blamed on cult members

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 3:12 am

Australia resettles more than 500 Afghan helpers

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2014 2:51 am

Austrian singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst performs on stage during the opening ceremony of the Life Ball in front of City Hall in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Conchita Wurst steals show at AIDS charity event

George Jahn · June 1, 2014 12:35 am