Tag: World

Jailed Venezuela police chief ending hunger strike

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 11:27 pm

A Bahraini anti-government protester kicks away a tear gas canister fired by riot police during clashes in Abu Saiba, Bahrain, near the capital, Manama, Friday, May 30, 2014. Clashes erupted after authorities banned a plan opposition gathering. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Bahrain opposition to boycott legislative election

Reem Khalifa · May 31, 2014 9:10 pm

Pakistan launches Afghan airstrikes after attack

MUNIR AHMEDRAHIM FAIEZ · May 31, 2014 9:02 pm

Tunisia abruptly cancels meeting on Libya

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 7:27 pm

This May 13, 2014 aerial photo, shows the Rio 2016 Olympic golf course under construction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Grass has been going down for several weeks at the course, which created an upbeat mood as golf prepares to return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. That changed Saturday, May 31, 2014 when Rio organizers confirmed that a state prosecutor could halt work on the course unless the developer shows it is following environmental regulations and other requirements under Brazilian law. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Work on Olympic golf course could be halted

Stephen Wade · May 31, 2014 7:25 pm

A man shouts as plain clothes security members try to detain a person who was reading as security close the city's landmark Taksim Square and Gezi Park on the first anniversary of last year's protests in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 31, 2014. A government backed redevelopment plan for Gezi Park in Istanbul sparked anger and morphed into nationwide anti-government protests in June, leaving eight people dead and thousands other injured.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish police crackdown on protesters

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 31, 2014 7:25 pm

An Christian Orthodox holds a cross as he joins the small group of Orthodox Christian protesters staged near the first gay pride parade in downtown Nicosia, Cyprus, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Several thousand people have turned out for Cyprus' first gay pride parade, an event which organizers say show that Cypriots are shedding their conservative views. One of the organizers, Costas Gavrielides, said he had initially hoped for just a few hundred people to attend the event in the heart of the capital Nicosia on Saturday. A small group of Orthodox Christian protesters in the east Mediterranean island nation staged a demonstration nearby to denounce the event they called "shameful." Tempers flared as police prevented them from nearing the parade. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Thousands march in Cyprus’ 1st gay pride parade

Menelaos Hadjicostis · May 31, 2014 6:55 pm

FILE - In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. A negotiator said Monday, May 26, 2014, that he expects a Palestinian unity government to be announced later this week in what would be a first significant step toward ending the crippling rift between Hamas and Fatah. (AP Photo/Office of Khaled Meshaal, File)

Palestinian unity government to be formed Monday

Mohammed Daraghmeh · May 31, 2014 6:14 pm

Ukrainian soldiers prepare their weapons at a position in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Ukrainian Acting Defense Minister said on Friday that troops had ousted separatists from southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Some Kiev barricades come down; protesters balky

LAURA MILLSJIM HEINTZ · May 31, 2014 6:09 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks during his meeting with secular and religious dignitaries from Damascus suburbs, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Syrian rebels blew up a tunnel packed with explosives in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, killing at least 20 pro-government fighters, activists and rebels said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Lebanon warns Syrians not to go home ahead of vote

Bassem Mroue · May 31, 2014 6:06 pm

Newly elected Malawian president Peter Mutharika greets supporters after he was sworn in at the High Court in Blantyre, Malawi, Saturday May 31, 2014. Malawi's election commission has declared opposition leader Mutharika to be the winner of an election that was marred by scattered unrest and complaints from the president and others that the vote was rigged. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

Malawi: Peter Mutharika sworn in as new president

Raphael Tenthani · May 31, 2014 5:41 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinian unity government to be announced Monday

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 5:12 pm