Tag: World

CANNES WATCH: Director not fazed by Cannes snub

Associated Press · May 19, 2014 5:11 pm

This is a undated handout file photo issued by the Royal Yachting Association, via the PA, on Monday May 19, 2014 show the missing yacht Cheeki Rafiki . The families of four missing British yachtsmen are imploring the U.S. Coast Guard to resume the search for the men, whose boat capsized in the mid-Atlantic. The Cheeki Rafiki was returning from a regatta in Antigua when it ran into trouble about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Thursday. The 40-foot high performance Beneteau yacht diverted to the Azores, but contact was lost on Friday. (AP Photo/Royal Yachting Association/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

UK families plead for US to resume yacht search

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 4:07 pm

In this May 3, 2014, HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY SLUGGED SOUTH KOREA SHIP SINKING BY TODD PITMAN, Park Jong-dae, father of Danwon High School Junior, Park Su-hyun, who was killed in the sinking of ferry Sewol, closes his eyes during an interview in Ansan, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Ferry disaster makes South Korea question progress

Todd Pitman · May 19, 2014 3:17 pm

FILE - In this Sunday May 18, 2014 file photo pro-Russian militants drive atop of an armored personal carrier as they guard streets in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine. The struggling interim government in Kiev has been counting on the election to install a president who would be seen as a legitimate successor to Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia in February after months of street protests. But the long-anticipated election may not be considered legitimate by Russia, the West or Ukrainians themselves if people in a large part of the country are unable or unwilling to cast their ballots. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Threats aim to derail Ukraine’s presidential vote

YURAS KARMANAUNATALIYA VASILYEVA · May 19, 2014 2:28 pm

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, left, congratulates his running mate Jusuf Kalla after declaring their candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 19, 2014. Widodo has chosen former Vice President Jusuf Kalla as his running mate, a pick likely to strengthen an already formidable ticket. Indonesia will hold its presidential election on July 9. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian presidential candidates name VP picks

Niniek Karmini · May 19, 2014 2:06 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2014 file photo, Pamela Anderson arrives at the 3rd Annual Sean Penn & Friends Help Haiti Home Gala at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Anderson has previously talked about being a survivor of rape, but in an emotional speech for her new charity on Friday, May 16, 2014, in Cannes, France, she credits animals with helping her survive years of abuse at the hands of others. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff /Invision/AP, File)

Anderson gives speech on past sexual abuse

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 1:42 pm

Car bomb in north Nigerian city of Kano kills 5

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 1:23 pm

Chief prosecutor Bekir Sahiner speaks to the media in the coal miners' town of Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Twenty-five people, including mining company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

Energy and Environment

High gas levels apparently ignored at Turkish mine

BERZA SIMSEKSUZAN FRASER · May 19, 2014 1:16 pm

Actors Steve Carell, right, and actor Channing Tatum laugh during a photo call for Foxcatcher at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

‘Foxcatcher’ premieres in Cannes amid Oscar buzz

Jake Coyle · May 19, 2014 1:15 pm

Joel Cox, an American working for the FBI, who was detained May 5 after officials found ammunition in his luggage at an airport, leaves a court in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, May 19, 2014. Pakistani police officer Khalid Mahmood said the judge Monday dismissed the case after police produced a letter from the Ministry of Interior attesting that the agent was allowed to carry a weapon while in Pakistan and therefore any ammunition was legal. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil))

National Security

Pakistan judge dismisses case against FBI agent

adil-jawad · May 19, 2014 1:07 pm

An anti-government protester blows a whistle and show money which they will donate to their leader Suthep Thaugsuban during a march through streets in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 19, 2014. Thailand's political crisis deepened last week when the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for nepotism along with nine Cabinet members in a case that many viewed as politically motivated. Protesters say Yingluck's removal is not enough, though. She was simply replaced by Niwattumrong, who was a deputy premier from the ruling party.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai prime minister tells senators he won’t resign

Thanyarat Doksone · May 19, 2014 12:56 pm

South Korean President Park Geun-hye bows after delivering a speech to the nation about the sunken ferry Sewol at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 19, 2014. South Korea's president announced plans Monday to disband the coast guard and root out corruption and collusion between regulators and shipping companies that furious citizens believe led to a ferry disaster last month that left more than 300 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Ahn Jung-won) KOREA OUT

South Korean president wants coast guard disbanded

HyungJin Kim · May 19, 2014 12:32 pm