Tag: World

President says Yemen in ‘open war’ with al-Qaida

Ahmed AlHaj · May 15, 2014 7:27 pm

Austrian singer Conchita Wurst attends a press conference in Vienna, Austria Sunday May 11, 2014. Bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst has made a triumphant return to Austria after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen Saturday, in what the country's president called a victory for tolerance in Europe. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Moscow bans parade honoring Eurovision drag queen

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 7:13 pm

Al-Jazeera's Egyptian journalist Abdullah Elshamy, center, appears in a defendants' cage along with several other defendants in a courthouse during a trial on terror charges in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Looking thin and weak, an Al-Jazeera journalist held without charges in Egypt vowed Thursday to continue his more than 100-day hunger strike despite being moved to solitary confinement. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)

Hunger-striking Al-Jazeera reporter attends court

Laura Dean · May 15, 2014 7:03 pm

Bombing outside restaurant in Pakistan wounds 15

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 6:55 pm

Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy

MOHAMMED SAEEDHAMZA HENDAWI · May 15, 2014 6:53 pm

Cyprus to hold first gay pride festival

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 6:38 pm

A Palestinian man shouts for help moments after Palestinian teen, Mohammad Abu Daher, on the ground, was shot to death by Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Medical officials say Israeli troops have shot dead two Palestinian teens in a West Bank clash that erupted after Palestinians marked the anniversary of their uprooting in the war over Israel's 1948 creation. Officials at Ramallah Hospital say the two, ages 15 and 17, were shot in the upper body by live fire. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians in Nakba clash

Mohammed Daraghmeh · May 15, 2014 6:32 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the Washington Irving Boat Club in Tarrytown, N.Y., Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The President spoke about the need for Congress to fund road and bridge improvements across the nation. (AP Photo/Journal News, Seth Harrison, Pool)

Norway diplomat: Obama aide irked by peace prize

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 6:30 pm

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague as they gather for a group photo of the London 11 at the Foreign Office in London, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

National Security

Kerry: US set to levy more sanctions on Russia

Deb Riechmann · May 15, 2014 6:27 pm

German funeral home sold passports of the dead

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 6:16 pm

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2014 a person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visiting Soma, Turkey. Erdogan was visiting the western Turkish mining town of Soma after Turkey's worst mining accident . AP Photo/Depo Photos) TURKEY OUT ONLINE OUT

Turkey outraged as PM’s aide kicks protester

Suzan Fraser · May 15, 2014 6:07 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during his press conference after the "Friends of Syria Meeting" at the Foreign Office in London, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Kerry: Syrian president election a ‘farce’

Deb Riechmann · May 15, 2014 5:58 pm