Tag: World

Costa Rica seizes 1.9 metric tons of cocaine

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 8:35 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a joint news conference with Swiss Federal President Didier Burkhalter in the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Russia has pulled back its troops from the Ukrainian border, Vladimir Putin told diplomats Wednesday as he urged insurgents in southeast Ukraine to postpone their planned referendum Sunday on autonomy. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

Putin: Troops have pulled back from Ukraine border

PETER LEONARDJIM HEINTZ · May 7, 2014 8:28 pm

Muslim officials condemn abductions of girls

The Associated Press · May 7, 2014 8:21 pm

Malnourished children sit on a bed at Banadir Hospital, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Aid groups in Somalia are warning that seasonal rains are failing and mass hunger could again descend on the country. The U.N.'s food and security unit says 51,000 children are severely malnourished and are at high risk of death. Aid groups said Wednesday that despite such a grim number only 12 per cent of the needed aid funds in 2014 have been met. Aid groups say an additional (Canadian) $822 million is needed. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia rains failing, hunger coming, say groups

Jason Straziuso · May 7, 2014 8:08 pm

South Africans queue to cast their votes at sunset at a polling station in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg, South Africa Wednesday, May 7, 2014. South Africans voted Wednesday in elections that are expected to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) return to power despite a vigorous challenge from opposition parties seeking to capitalize on discontent with corruption and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa’s voting ends, counting starts

Christopher Torchia · May 7, 2014 7:52 pm

Pakistan police question American after FBI arrest

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 7:34 pm

Lawyer of Pakistani accused of blasphemy killed

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 7:28 pm

Mexico prepares for heavy rains from tropical low

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 7:23 pm

FILE - In this file image made from video received by The Associated Press on Monday, May 5, 2014, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, speaks in a video in which his group claimed responsibility for the April 15 mass abduction of nearly 300 teenage schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria. Even before the kidnapping, the U.S. government was offering up to a $7 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Shekau, whom the U.S. has labeled a specially designated global terrorist. (AP Photo/File)

Abduction vaults Boko Haram leader into headlines

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 7:09 pm

Homeless blame World Cup for high rent in Brazil

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 7, 2014 7:06 pm

Egypt government restores daylight saving time

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 6:52 pm

Putin: Russian Troops Back From Ukraine Border

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 6:19 pm