Tag: World

Ukrainian on trial in Turkey for hijacking freed

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 2:32 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2014 file photo, Bangladeshi people cross a ferry terminal bridge under general election campaign leaflets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The governments of south Asian nations as India, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lank need to end political interference on anti-corruption agencies and judiciaries, strengthen the right to information laws and protect whistleblowers to control corruption in the region which is now the worst in the world, an international anti-corruption agency said in a report released Wednesday, May 21. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Report says corruption rampant in South Asia

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 2:28 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Spokesman denies German leader bidding to head UN

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 2:27 pm

Cuban blogger’s news site hacked after going live

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINANDREA RODRIGUEZ · May 21, 2014 2:24 pm

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden embraces Romanian President Traian Basescu in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. On a two-day official visit to Romania, Joe Biden on Tuesday called on European allies to stand firm in punishing Russia for its role in the unrest in neighboring Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax) ROMANIA OUT

National Security

Biden: Punish Russia if it meddles in Ukraine

Alison Mutler · May 21, 2014 1:58 pm

Taliban attacks across Afghanistan kill 21 people

Rahim Faiez · May 21, 2014 1:08 pm

China jails 39 in far west for terror materials

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 1:07 pm

Correction: Uganda-HIV Nurse story

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 12:55 pm

A Thai military police officer stands next to a line of soldiers standing guard outside the Army Club in 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/Apichart Weerawong)

Thai army chief assumes role as crisis mediator

THANYARAT DOKSONEJOCELYN GECKER · May 21, 2014 12:52 pm

A Regional Express Train, or TER, is sationed along a platform at the Saint Lazare station in Paris, Wednesday May 21, 2014. Engineers at the French railway network forgot to measure the actual distance between lines and platforms, before ordering 341 new trains, which were to be introduced between now and 2016. It will cost 50 million euros ($68 million) to fix the problem. Nearly 1,300 stations are just a few centimeters (inches) too narrow. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Cost per inch? In millions for French train flub

Lori Hinnant · May 21, 2014 12:50 pm

Embassy: Chinese engineer shot to death in Libya

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 12:41 pm

Jewel thief leaves cellphone in shop after robbery

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 12:25 pm