Tag: World

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)

Eurovision-winning drag queen returns in triumph

PhilippMoritz Jenne · May 11, 2014 3:19 pm

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemen's army soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

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Americans in Yemen shooting were getting haircuts

Ahmed AlHaj · May 11, 2014 2:13 pm

Yemen suicide car bombing kills 11 police

Ahmed AlHaj · May 11, 2014 1:44 pm

Moldova confiscates petition from deputy Russia PM

Corneliu Rusnac · May 11, 2014 1:12 pm

Iran detains reformist journalist

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 12:45 pm

Suicide car bomber kills 5 in southern Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 11:44 am

Thirteen new priests lay on the ground during a ceremony in which Pope Francis ordained them, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope to priests: forgive, don’t shut out sinners

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 11:26 am

In this Friday, May 9, 2014 image made from video, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, left, and rebel leader Riek Machar, right, shake hands and pray before signing an agreement of the cease-fire of the conflict in South Sudan in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The South Sudan's president has reached a cease-fire agreement with the rebel leader, an African regional bloc said Friday, after a vicious cycle of revenge killings drew international alarm. (AP Photo/AP Video)

New fighting in South Sudan 2 days after ceasefire

Jason Straziuso · May 11, 2014 11:12 am

Afghan presidential front-runner wins endorsement

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 11:02 am

Anti-government protesters rest at a camp site in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Thai anti-government protesters who have been camped out in several locations in Bangkok packed their tents as they ramped up their efforts to bring down what remains of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's administration by laying siege to television stations, surrounding state offices and demanding lawmakers help them install a non-elected prime minister to rule the country. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Thailand warns people to stay away from protests

Associated Press · May 11, 2014 10:50 am

In this photo taken by mobile phone, rescuers and workers conduct a search operation following a wall collapse in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province Sunday, May 11, 2014. The wall collapse triggered by heavy rains at a recycling plant killed 18 people and injured three others early Sunday in the eastern city of Qingdao, state media reported. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Wall collapses in eastern China, killing 18 people

Washington Examiner · May 11, 2014 10:10 am

FILE - In this Thursday, May 8, 2014 file photo, Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan speaks during the World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria. The president of Nigeria for weeks refused international help to search for more than 300 girls abducted from a school by Islamic extremists, one in a series of missteps that have led to growing international outrage against the government. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Nigeria refused help to search for kidnapped girls

Michelle Faul · May 11, 2014 9:52 am