Tag: World

Thai army chief announces coup to restore stability after political deadlock

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 10:07 am

Albanians fired from public jobs on hunger strike

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 9:55 am

US diplomat injured in Moscow apartment blast

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 9:43 am

Vietnam threatens legal action against China

Jim Gomez · May 22, 2014 8:36 am

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a police officer walks near a blast scene, which has been cordoned off, in downtown Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Attackers crashed a pair of vehicles and tossed explosives in an attack Thursday near an open air market in the capital of China's volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured, state media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said several people were rushed to hospital and flames and heavy smoke were seen at the scene, which was cordoned off. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Cao Zhiheng) NO SALES

China market attack the latest in wave of violence

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 8:31 am

FILE In this March 20, 2014 file photo, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo waves as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels. Walk through Belgium and feel that giddy sense of unity, the national football team is going to the World Cup again. Follow the election campaign though, and the division between Dutch- and French-speakers seems even worse than four years ago when it took a record 541 days to form a government uniting the bickering sides. (AP Photo/Eric Vidal, file)

Belgians prepare for another standoff after polls

Raf Casert · May 22, 2014 7:40 am

China says 31 killed, more than 90 injured in Xinjiang market attack

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 5:09 am

Dominican citizenship bill gets final OK in Senate

EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ · May 22, 2014 3:17 am

Australian PM says wink and smile were a mistake

Rod McGuirk · May 22, 2014 3:10 am

A Thai soldier checks barbed wire while guarding a road near pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand's army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha assumed the role of mediator Wednesday by summoning the country's key political rivals for face-to-face talks one day after imposing martial law. The meeting ended without any resolution, however, underscoring the profound challenge the army faces in trying to end the country's crisis. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

With martial law, Thai government nearly powerless

Todd Pitman · May 22, 2014 2:54 am

In this May 8, 2014 photo, Yi Xianliang, deputy director-general of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, attends a press conference in front of a map showing a disputed zone in South China Sea in Beijing. Chinaâs planting of an oil platform in contested waters off Vietnam drew strident complaints from Hanoi, a messy standoff between ships and violent protests among Vietnamese, but nothing to dislodge the rig and no broader pushback in the region. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Few barriers to China’s push in South China Sea

Christopher Bodeen · May 22, 2014 2:46 am

In this frame grab taken from video posted to YouTube, people dance to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy" on a rooftop in Tehran, Iran. Police in Iran have arrested six young people and shown them on state television for posting the video. While the song has sparked similar videos all over the world, in Iran some see the trend as promoting the spread of Western culture. And women are banned from dancing in public or appearing outside without the hijab in the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo)

‘Happy’ video arrests highlight tensions in Iran

Ali Akbar, dareiniadam-schreck · May 21, 2014 11:40 pm