Tag: World

Protesters shout slogans as they picket the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to coincide with the opening ceremony of the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed Balikatan 2014, Monday, May 5, 2014 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 5,000 U.S. and Filipino troops have begun two weeks of military exercises to flex their muscle in jointly dealing with potential crisis in the Philippines, which is prone to natural disasters and has been locked in a dangerous standoff with China over a disputed shoal. This year's war games focuses on maritime security. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

National Security

US, Filipino troops begin large military drill

Jim Gomez · May 5, 2014 12:40 pm

2nd Chinese university starts Rhodes-style program

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 12:29 pm

Energy and Environment

China refuses Vietnam’s call to stop oil drilling

Chris Brummitt · May 5, 2014 11:03 am

Activists urge China to end sex worker detentions

Louise Watt · May 5, 2014 10:26 am

Nigeria’s First Lady orders arrest of leader of protest against the mass kidnapping of girls

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 9:28 am

China sentences man to 10 years for spying

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 9:10 am

South Korean Coast Guard officers try to search missing passengers aboard the Sewol ferry in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2014. The doomed ferry's captain delayed evacuation for half an hour after a South Korean transportation official ordered preparations to abandon ship, raising more questions about whether quick action could have saved scores of passengers still missing Friday and feared dead, according to a transcript of the ship-to-shore exchange and interviews with a crewmember. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

South Korea changing maritime rules after sinking

Youkyung Lee · May 5, 2014 8:38 am

Germany pushing for new Ukraine talks in Geneva

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 7:22 am

In this image taken from video obtained from Youth Against Settlements, a group of Palestinian activists, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Palestinian teen confronts an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron. The reprimand of an Israeli soldier, caught on video cursing and pointing a cocked gun toward the head of a Palestinian teen, has triggered the biggest outpouring of frustration by Israeli soldiers in years about their service in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Youth Against Settlements)

Video of clash brings outcry from Israeli troops

Karin Laub · May 5, 2014 7:02 am

Ex-tennis player Baltacha dies after cancer fight

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 3:50 am

Juan Carlos Varela, Panama's president elect, delivers his acceptance speech as his wife Lorena Castillo, right, looks on in Panama City, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Varela was declared the victor of Panama's presidential election, thwarting an attempt by former ally President Ricardo Martinelli to extend his grip on power by electing a hand-picked successor. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama’s vice president wins presidential election

JOSHUA GOODMANJUAN ZAMORANO · May 5, 2014 3:38 am

Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams speaks to the media in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday May 4, 2014. Adams was released without charge Sunday after five days of police questioning over his alleged involvement in a decades-old Irish Republican Army killing, an event that has driven a dangerous wedge into Northern Ireland's unity government. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Sinn Fein’s Adams freed after 5 days in custody

Shawn Pogatchnik · May 5, 2014 3:22 am