Tag: World

German photographer Michael Schmidt dies at 68

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 9:03 pm

director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, center, accepts the Palm d'Or from director Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman during the awards ceremony for the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Turkish drama ‘Winter Sleep’ wins Palme d’Or

JAKE COYLETHOMAS ADAMSON · May 24, 2014 8:55 pm

French Sangaris forces fire warning flares with a 120mm mortar against ex-Seleka elements in Bamberi, Central African Republic, Saturday May 24, 2014. Following at exchange of fire, a French combat helicopter fired a rocket and destroyed an ex-Seleka pickup. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ONLINE OUT FRANCE OUT

French fight Muslim rebels in C. African Republic

Jerome Delay · May 24, 2014 8:16 pm

UN says peacekeeper killed in North Darfur region

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 8:13 pm

UN mission chief in Mali pushing for talks

Baba Ahmed · May 24, 2014 7:54 pm

Background from left to right, Chief Justice Richard Banda, his wife, Malawi President Joyce Banda, and younger sister Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo, join a voting queue to cast their votes in the eastern district of Zomba, Malawi, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Africa's second female president Joyce Banda is facing stiff challenges from a field of 12 candidates in Malawi's elections Tuesday. (AP Photo/Raphael Tenthani)

Malawi officials dispute president’s vote order

Raphael Tenthani · May 24, 2014 6:59 pm

Bahraini anti-government protesters face off against riot police firing tear gas during clashes in Diraz, Bahrain, Friday, May 23, 2014. Clashes erupted in several northern towns after last-minute notification that a planned opposition rally would not be authorized by authorities. Tensions are high in the Gulf island kingdom, following two recent deaths of protesters and delays in releasing the body of another man who died earlier. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Top Bahrain activist released from prison

Reem Khalifa · May 24, 2014 6:28 pm

Paraglider causes outage by hitting Spanish cables

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 6:08 pm

Somali soldiers gather around the dead body of an Al Shabab fighter who was killed during an attack on Somalia's parliament, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Militants in Mogadishu on Saturday carried out a multi-pronged, complex attack against the country's parliament building involving a car bomb, suicide bomber and gunmen on foot, police said. Several people were killed, including six attackers and one soldier who tried to stop a suicide bomber from entering the building, said police Capt. Mohamed Hussein. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Militants attack parliament building in Somalia

Abdi Guled · May 24, 2014 5:53 pm

Egypt’s el-Sissi seeks ties with US on his terms

Maggie Michael · May 24, 2014 5:29 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, April 17, 2014 file photo, Samarjeet Pattnaik, attorney of a New York City police officer Manny Encarnacion, speaks to the media in New Delhi, India. A court in India's capital has dropped a weapons charge against the New York City police officer and is allowing him to leave the country, his lawyer said Saturday. Encarnacion was arrested in March while visiting his wife in New Delhi after Indian airport authorities discovered three bullets he had accidentally packed in his luggage. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)

Indian court drops charge against NYPD officer

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 5:22 pm

South America rejects US sanctions on Venezuela

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 5:18 pm