Tag: World

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra talks to media during press conference in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Shinawatra and part of her Cabinet have been forced out of office by the Court ruling finding her guilty in an abuse of power case, pushing the country deeper into political turmoil. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Grenade thrown at home of Thai judge

Thanyarat Doksone · May 8, 2014 4:50 am

In this, April 4, 2014, photo, homeless youths hang out at the entrance of a sewer pipe along a trash-strewn canal where they live beneath a busy road in Kingston, Jamaica. They are part of a small group of young, gay and transgender Jamaicans who mostly sell sex to make money. In much of the world, giving out condoms and guidance to gay, bisexual and transgender sex workers is routine. But reaching out to men who have sex with men is practically revolutionary in parts of the English-speaking Caribbean, where homophobia and laws criminalizing gay sex have long driven people underground. (AP Photo/David McFadden) - JAMAICA OUT

New effort to halt spread of HIV in the Caribbean

David McFadden · May 8, 2014 4:02 am

Mexican officials detain 9 Cuban migrants

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2014 2:15 am

Today in History for May 8th

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2014 1:49 am

In this video image released by Vietnam Coast Guard, Vietnamese surveillance ship crew members stand near the side of the ship, allegedly damaged after being rammed by a Chinese ship, in the South China Sea, off Vietnam's coast, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Chinese ships have been ramming into and firing water cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea, according to officials and video footage Wednesday, in a dangerous escalation of tensions over waters considered a global flashpoint. (AP Photo/Vietnam Coast Guard)

Energy and Environment

Vietnam: Chinese ships ram vessels near oil rig

Chris Brummitt · May 8, 2014 12:38 am

Water rationing begins in Venezuela amid drought

Jorge Rueda · May 7, 2014 11:21 pm

Canadian author Farley Mowat dies at 92

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 11:02 pm

Islamic militant attack in Nigeria kills hundreds

MICHELLE FAULANDREW MELDRUM · May 7, 2014 10:17 pm

Federal police wearing T-shirts that read in Portuguese "SOS Federal Police" cover their mouths with bandanas as a way to protest their leaders' recommendation to not protest, as they demand better labor conditions outside the venue where Brazil's coach is announcing his squad for the upcoming World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Federal police are threatening to go on strike during the international soccer tournament if their demands are not met. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Federal police in Brazil threaten World Cup strike

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 10:00 pm

Cuba arrests 4 exiles, alleges terror plot

PETER ORSIANDREA RODRIGUEZ · May 7, 2014 9:57 pm

Mexican official charged with organized crime

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 9:29 pm

A student runs away from police dispersing a student protest in support of striking teachers as tires burn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Students are protesting to demand authorities respond to their striking teachers' demands for higher pay and improved working conditions. Students are concerned they will not be able to take exams which allow them to move on to the next level. Public school teachers across Haiti have been on strike for one week. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haitian students protest over canceled classes

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 9:26 pm