Tag: World

Iranian news agency reports heavy explosion in Qazvin city in north, many casualties expected

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 5:23 pm

Ukraine tightens cordon around rebellious city

PETER LEONARDYURAS KARMANAU · May 6, 2014 5:21 pm

Yemeni troops seize al-Qaida stronghold

Ahmed AlHaj · May 6, 2014 5:12 pm

A child walks past the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) election posters in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, South Africa, Monday May 5, 2014. South African President Jacob Zuma said Monday that he anticipates an election victory this week for the ruling African National Congress, and that his government, if re-elected, will speed the provision of basic services following protests in many poor communities that complain they are sidelined. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s ruling party poised for win

BRAM JANSSENCHRISTOPHER TORCHIA · May 6, 2014 5:10 pm

Saudi Arabia arrests 62 suspected militants

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 4:52 pm

Czech Republic's President Miloz Zeman, right, and his Germany's counterpart Joachim Gauck, left, walk to lay a wreath of flowers at a memorial in former nazi concentration camp of Terezin in Terezin, Czech Republic, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Gauck is to Czech Republic on a three-day official visit. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

German president visits Nazi concentration camp

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 4:41 pm

Friend of the late Reeva Steenkamp, Kim Myers, listens to a witness giving evidence during the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday May 6, 2014 Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013. (AP Photo. (AP Photo/Alon Skuy, Pool)

Pistorius accused of ‘sinister’ remark in court

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAGERALD IMRAY · May 6, 2014 4:24 pm

In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, a musician plays harp during a practice at art school which adjoins the Damascus Opera House in Damascus Syria. Two students were killed and five others were wounded when a mortar landed outside the Opera building in April 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Damascus opera suffers under mortar strikes

Dusan Stojanovic · May 6, 2014 4:15 pm

Syria Opera House a Victim of Civil War

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 3:58 pm

A Afghan survivor poses for a photograph near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Authorities tried to help families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through Abi-Barik village after hundreds were killed. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Clash at site of Afghanistan landslide over aid

MOHAMMAD SHOAIB AMIN · May 6, 2014 3:54 pm

UN chief: South Sudan’s warring leaders will meet

Charlton Doki · May 6, 2014 3:44 pm

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Harris is charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of making indecent images of children. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Entertainer Rolf Harris goes on trial in London

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 3:42 pm