Tag: World

UN: 13 dead in cholera outbreak in South Sudan

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 6:39 pm

American comedian Jay Leno pauses during an interview with the Associated Press in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Leno made his first trip to Israel, where he will host an award ceremony honoring former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

AP INTERVIEW: Leno says he’s enjoying retirement

Aron Heller · May 21, 2014 6:28 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine sees letup in tensions, but vote at risk

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVPETER LEONARD · May 21, 2014 6:15 pm

Israeli police detain extremists before pope visit

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 5:54 pm

A Syrian doctor, right, who works at a Lebanese medical charity clinic, treats a Syrian man lies on the bed, left, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday May 21, 2014. Syrian refugees in Lebanon lack access to specialized medical care like dialysis and cancer treatment, forcing some to risk their lives to return to their war-ravaged country for health care, according to a report by Amnesty International released Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Syrian troops advance toward Aleppo prison

BARBARA SURKZEINA KARAM · May 21, 2014 5:42 pm

Prince Philip in good humor after surgery on hand

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 5:00 pm

EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT An injured woman is carried after bombs exploded at a bus terminal and market in Jos, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people were killed. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the twin car bombs, but they bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group. (AP Photo/Stefanos Foundation)

A look at major attacks by Nigeria extremists

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 4:22 pm

Japan court rejects startup of 2 nuclear reactors

Mari Yamaguchi · May 21, 2014 3:54 pm

Cindy Corrie, center, and Craig Corrie, left, the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, meet their lawyer at the Supreme Court In Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The family of slain American activist Rachel Corrie asked Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a verdict clearing the military of any wrongdoing in her death. Corrie, 23, was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer during a protest in the Gaza Strip in March 2003. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Family of slain US activist appeals Israel verdict

Jon Gerberg · May 21, 2014 3:52 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2007 file photo police watches neo-Nazis during national holiday celebrations on the Ruetli meadow above lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Switzerland's top court has ruled Wednesday, May 21, 2014, that a Nazi salute isn't illegal racial discrimination provided it's intended as a personal statement. The Federal Tribunal's ruling, entitled "Hitler salute in public not always punishable," says the gesture is a crime only if someone is using it to try to spread racist ideology to others, not simply declaring one's own conviction. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella, File)

Swiss court: Nazi salute ‘not always punishable’

John Heilprin · May 21, 2014 3:33 pm

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, sits in the defendants cage behind protective glass, during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. An Egyptian court has convicted Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa, were also convicted Wednesday of graft and sentenced to four years in prison each in the same case. (AP Photo/Tarek el-Gabbas)

Egypt’s Mubarak convicted of graft, gets 3 years

Hamza Hendawi · May 21, 2014 2:54 pm

Spanish bullfighter Antonio Nazare is tossed by a Los Chospes ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Bullfighting is a tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spanish bulls in symbolic knockout victory

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 2:51 pm