Tag: World

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a media conference in Luanda, Angola, Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry on May 4, praised oil-rich Angola's leadership role in efforts to solve long-drawn out conflicts on the African continent, and suggested the need to set a date for democratic elections. (AP Photo / Saul Loeb)

Rising African cachet poses choice for US ties

Lara Jakes · May 5, 2014 9:25 pm

Egypt’s el-Sissi says Egyptians have rejected the Muslim Brotherhood and it will never return

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 9:09 pm

Moldova puts borders on alert amid Ukraine unrest

Corneliu Rusnac · May 5, 2014 9:08 pm

Moldova’s government places borders on alert, citing unrest in neighboring Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 8:34 pm

Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See (Vatican) to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, delivers his statement during the UN torture committee hearing on the Vatican, at the headquarters of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Palais Wilson, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 5, 2014. The UN Committee Against Torture hears the Holy See for the first time to consider whether the church's handling of child sexual abuse complaints has violated its obligations against subjecting minors to torture and to hear the Vatican on its efforts to stamp out child sex abuse by priests. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

At UN, Vatican sex abuse compared with torture

John Heilprin · May 5, 2014 8:25 pm

Election workers hand over ballot papers to elderly and disabled South African voters to cast their ballots during early voting for special groups at the Nazareth House old-age home in Johannesburg, South Africa Monday, May 5, 2014. South Africa goes to the polls on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in elections that are likely to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

South Africa to vote this week

Christopher Torchia · May 5, 2014 7:40 pm

Egypt’s ex-army chief says he decided to run for president because of threats facing country

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 7:23 pm

Bomb attacks: Kenya deputy president blames judges

Tom Odula · May 5, 2014 7:18 pm

Yemeni policemen inspect a damaged car after gunmen opened fire on French security guards on a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 5, 2014. Unknown gunmen in Yemen's capital opened fire on three French security guards working with the European Union mission on Monday, killing at least one and wounding another, interior ministry officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Yahya)

National Security

Yemen: Frenchman killed, another wounded in Sanaa

Ahmed AlHaj · May 5, 2014 7:10 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a media conference in Luanda, Angola, Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry on May 4, praised oil-rich Angola's leadership role in efforts to solve long-drawn conflicts on the African continent, and suggested the need to set a date for democratic elections. (AP PHOTO / Saul Loeb)

Kerry continues to push for South Sudan talks

Lara Jakes · May 5, 2014 6:35 pm

A Pakistani health worker gives a child a polio vaccine in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. For the first time, the World Health Organization on Monday declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency that could grow in the next few months and unravel the nearly three-decade effort to eradicate the crippling disease. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

UN: Spread of polio now a world health emergency

Maria Cheng · May 5, 2014 6:27 pm

In this Sunday, May 4, 2014 photo, an Afghan child protects himself from the rain, near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan. Stranded and with no homes, many of the families have struggled to get aid. Some have gone to nearby villages to stay with relatives or friends, while others have slept in tents provided by aid groups. The unlucky ones have slept outside. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

AP PHOTOS: Survivors struggle after Afghan slide

Massoud Hossaini · May 5, 2014 6:24 pm