Tag: World

Some flowers were put close to the site of a shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Three people were killed and one seriously injured in a spree of gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, officials said. The attack, which came on the eve of national and European Parliament elections, led officials to raise anti-terror measures.(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Official: 2 Israelis killed at Brussels museum

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 5:54 am

A Pro-Russian activist carries a ballot box away from a polling station preparing to smash it, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, May 23, 2014. Ukraine's acting government has admitted that authorities will not be able to organize the voting in parts of eastern Ukraine, overrun by pro-Russian insurgents. (AP Photo/Photomig)

Ukraine’s presidential vote: a step out of crisis

Jim Heintz · May 25, 2014 4:08 am

Thai police officers and soldiers examine the site where a bomb exploded at a super store in Pattani province, southern Thailand Saturday, May 24, 2014 Police say at least nine bombs have exploded in Thailand's restive south, killing two people and wounding dozens. The blasts were in a southern province that is facing an Islamic insurgency. (AP Photo/Sumeth Panpetch)

Bombs in southern Thailand kill 3, wound 63

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 1:53 am

Forensic experts examine the site of a shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Belgian officials say that at least three people have been killed in gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, in a post on Twitter, said he was "shocked by the murders committed at the Jewish Museum" on Saturday afternoon. He said he had seen the bodies of the victims. At least three persons were killed in the incident, and a Brussels fire department spokesman said one person was wounded. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

3 killed, 1 injured at Brussels Jewish Museum

JohnThor Dahlburg · May 25, 2014 1:05 am

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Libya's army chief ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital Tripoli on Monday, May 19, 2014 in response to the storming of parliament by forces loyal to a renegade general, paving the way for a possible showdown between rival militia fighters. The revolt by Gen. Khalifa Hifter threatens to detonate the long volatile divisions among the multiple militias that dominate Libya amid the weakness of the central government and military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Rogue Libyan general welcomes protesters’ backing

Esam Mohamed · May 25, 2014 12:12 am

Officials: Bungled explosion kills 3 in Nigeria

ahmed-saka · May 24, 2014 11:21 pm

Putin: West ignores Russia’s interests in Ukraine

John Daniszewski · May 24, 2014 11:18 pm

Demonstrators protest against money spent on the preparations for the upcoming World Cup, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Sao Paulo police department said on its Twitter page that no violent incidents had been reported and that about 250 protesters took part in the demonstration which began outside the city's Roman Catholic cathedral. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Anti-World Cup protest rally in Brazil

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 11:16 pm

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis visits Bethany beyond the Jordan river, the site of Christ's baptism, west of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 24, 2014. The pontiff is in Jordan on the first of a three day trip to the Middle East that will also take him to the West Bank and Israel. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, Pool)

Pope blasts arms dealers at start of Mideast trip

Nicole Winfield · May 24, 2014 10:55 pm

American actor and rapper Jaden Smith arrives in Florence, Italy, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will wed and host a reception at Florence's imposing 16th-century Belvedere Fort on May 24, according to a spokeswoman at the Florence mayor's office. The couple rented the fort, located next to Florence's famed Boboli Gardens, for 300,000 euros ($410,000) and a Protestant minister will preside over the ceremony. Belvedere Fort was built in 1590, believed using plans by Don Giovanni de' Medici. Located near the Arno River, it offers a panoramic view of Florence and the surrounding Tuscan hills. (AP Photo/Fabio Muzzi)

Kardashian-Kanye wed in Florence fortress

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 10:36 pm

FILE - In this July 11, 2013 file photo, Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho celebrates his team's victory over Argentina's Newell's Old Boys at the end of a Copa Libertadores semifinal soccer match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Brazilian soccer midfielder is putting his Rio de Janeiro mansion on the rental market during the last half of the World Cup. The real estate agency handling the property says on its website that the five-bedroom house is available for the first 15 days of July for $15,522 a day. (AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes, File)

Brazil’s Ronaldinho puts mansion up for WCup rent

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 9:38 pm

Members of the Egyptian security forces hold guns during clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood outside Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2014. Two protesters were killed in clashes in Egypt between Islamist demonstrators and their opponents after midday prayers Friday, the final day of campaigning ahead of next week's presidential election, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Taranh)

Egypt sentences 20 Islamist students for rioting

Mariam Rizk · May 24, 2014 9:36 pm