Tag: World

People hold candle light during a vigil to mark one month after the girls of government secondary school Chibok were kidnapped, in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Nigeria's government is ruling out an exchange of more than 270 kidnapped schoolgirls for detained Islamic militants, Britain's top official for Africa said Wednesday. Boko Haram abducted more than 300 schoolgirls from the school in Chibok in the northeastern state of Borno on April 15. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Legislators discuss Nigeria’s state of emergency

Bashir Adigun · May 15, 2014 5:55 pm

Turkish PM’s ambitions seen unscathed by disaster

SUZAN FRASERBARRY HATTON · May 15, 2014 5:43 pm

An anti-government demonstrators is held on the ground along with others, as he is detained by the Bolivarian National Guard, during clashes at a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Members of Venezuela's opposition pulled out of crisis negotiations with the government as security forces arrested scores of people in fierce clashes with demonstrators. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

Venezuela protests heat up amid opposition rift

joshua-goodmanluis, Alonso Lugo · May 15, 2014 5:37 pm

Attacks around Iraq’s capital kill 24 people

Sinan Salaheddin · May 15, 2014 5:36 pm

A man evacuates his daughter from their home hit by flood waters as police officers help out in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Some hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as floods caused by heavy rains gripped the Balkans Thursday, overflowing roads, bridges and railways, closing down schools, and cutting off power supplies and phone lines. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

2 drown in Serbia as floods hit across Balkans

JOVANA GECAIDA CERKEZ · May 15, 2014 5:29 pm

FILE - In this June 8, 1999 file photo, Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene responds to a question during a press conference given in the Parliament building in Brussels. Former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who led the nation during the 1990s when it granted increasing autonomy to its linguistic regions, has died. He was 73. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, file)

Former Belgian Premier Dehaene is dead at 73

Raf Casert · May 15, 2014 4:56 pm

In this April 9, 2014 photo, a fan of Brazil's Flamengo soccer team celebrates his team's goal during a Copa Libertadores match in Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Soccer's big moment happens in June as the best players on the planet meet in Brazil for the World Cup. Brazil is a five-time champion of the World Cup and is seeking a record sixth World Cup title, Brazil has won 13 of its last 14 games. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

AP Photos: Football like a religion for Brazilians

Tales Azzoni · May 15, 2014 4:35 pm

S. Sudan wants US, UN to verify who is attacking

Tom Odula · May 15, 2014 4:06 pm

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivers a statement to media after meeting with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

NATO chief: Europe needs more defense spending

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 3:42 pm

US adviser helps candidate win Panama presidency

JOSHUA GOODMANJUAN ZAMORANO · May 15, 2014 3:14 pm

Jew, Muslim join pope’s delegation in Holy Land

Nicole Winfield · May 15, 2014 3:07 pm

In this April 16, 2014 photo released by South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean coast guard officers rescue South Korean ferry Sewol Capt. Lee Joon-seok, wearing a sweater and underwear, from the sinking ferry in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea. Prosecutors indicted the captain of the sunken ferry and three crew members on homicide charges Thursday, May 15, alleging they were negligent and failed to protect more than 300 people missing or dead in the disaster. Less serious indictments were issued against the 11 other crew members responsible for navigating the vessel. (AP Photo/South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap) KOREA OUT

15 crew indicted over SKorean ferry disaster

HyungJin Kim · May 15, 2014 2:56 pm