Tag: World

People watch fireworks celebrating the declaration of independence for Donetsk region at barricades in front of a regional administration building that was recently seized by pro-Russian activists in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 12, 2014, with a Russian national flag is in the background. Pro-Moscow insurgents in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday, putting pressure on Kiev to hold talks with the separatists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

National Security

Insurgents in eastern Ukraine declare independence

PETER LEONARDVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · May 12, 2014 10:42 pm

UN chief urges special tribunal for South Sudan

Edith Lederer · May 12, 2014 10:25 pm

Ex-beauty queen cleared of murder charge in Guyana

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 10:14 pm

Sentence in slaying of Ohio tourist in Puerto Rico

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 9:57 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, a presidential guard officer provides security as people visit the government palace or "Palacio de Los Lopez" in Asuncion, Paraguay. The Public Works Ministry said Monday, May 12, 2014 that the west wing of the palace is infested with termites, but the main wooden structure is not endangered for now. The Lopez Palace is the seat of Paraguay's government and home and office to President Horacio Cartes. The neoclassic building dates back to 1857. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

Paraguay’s president palace bugged _ by termites

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 9:40 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 6, 2014 file image made from video broadcast on Egypt's State Television, Egypt's retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during an interview in a nationally televised broadcast in Cairo, Egypt. El-Sissi, the former military chief who removed Egypt's elected Islamist president and is poised to assume the post in elections this month, said Sunday, May 11, that he has plans to make improvements in people's living conditions within two years but will step down if they rise up against him. (AP Photo/Egypt's State Television, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi makes rare plea to youth

SARAH EL DEEB · May 12, 2014 8:32 pm

Family members of Ali Jamal, 23, who was killed in a bomb attack, load his flag-draped coffin onto a vehicle before burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 12, 2014. Bombings and shootings killed several people in areas south of the Iraqi capital on Monday, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Bombings and shootings kill 14 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · May 12, 2014 8:21 pm

In this April 30, 2014 photo, Kathleen O'Connor, deputy chief of human rights and special prosecutions section at the Department of Justice, center, speaks to Mohamed Nur, left, with Della Lamb Community Services, of Kansas City, Mo., and Ibrahim Hussein with the East African Community of Orange County, Calif., who are both originally from Somalia, during an event for refugee advocates at the Holiday Inn in Arlington, Va. Justice Department representatives are speaking to immigrant communities to seek their help and coordination in identifying human rights abusers from abroad who have a connection to the United States. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US encouraging refugees to help human rights cases

Eric Tucker · May 12, 2014 8:12 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, second right, points a UV-Index Monitoring System, a device to measure the level of the ultraviolet radiation (UV), as he unveils it in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Rouhani said Sunday his country has nothing to offer except transparency in nuclear talks with world powers, rebuffing hard-liners as negotiators seek a final deal over the Islamic Republic's contested program. He is accompanied by Vice President for science and technology affairs Sorena Sattari, right, and Health Minister Hassan Hashemi. (AP Photo/ Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

National Security

UN’s nuclear probe of Iran falters

George Jahn · May 12, 2014 7:57 pm

At least 14 migrants dead in sea north of Libya

Frances D'emilio · May 12, 2014 7:51 pm

Bermuda report urges easing marijuana laws

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 7:44 pm

Congo soccer stadium stampede kills at least 15

JEANRIC UMANDEGERALD IMRAY · May 12, 2014 7:05 pm