Tag: World

Raw: South Korea Train Accident Hurts Dozens

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 9:09 am

In this May 15, 2013 photo, displaced Rohingya people take shelter in a building adjoining a mosque, outskirts of Sittwe, western Rakhine State, Myanmar. Many of those displaced by recent violence live under apartheid-like conditions in tattered canvas tents, and long bamboo houses shared by dozens of families.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Lack of health care deadly for Myanmar’s Rohingya

Esther Htusan · May 2, 2014 8:10 am

Interpol, Philippines bust cyber extortion network

Jim Gomez · May 2, 2014 7:23 am

Heavily armed Chinese paramilitary policemen march past the site of the explosion outside the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday, May 1, 2014. Chinese President Xi Jinping has demanded "decisive actions" against terrorism following the attack at the railway station in the far west minority region of Xinjiang that left three people dead and 79 injured.

China train station blast seen as suicide attack

Gillian Wong · May 2, 2014 5:39 am

In this photo provided by China's official Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, watches drills of troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in northwest China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Thursday, May 1, 2014. Chinese President Xi demanded "decisive" action against terrorism after the Wednesday's terror attack at a train station, which came at awkward time for him, just as he was wrapping up a four-day tour of Xinjiang aimed at underlining the government's commitment to security in the region. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang) NO SALES

Attacks show bolder terror threat growing in China

Christopher Bodeen · May 2, 2014 5:13 am

People watch as machinery is used to search for survivors of a collapsed illegal gold mine in Santander de Quilichao, southern Colombia, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The bodies of three miners have been recovered and an unknown number remain missing, said Temistocles Ortega, governor of the Cauca state. (AP Photo/Oswaldo Paez, El Pais)

Energy and Environment

Illegal Colombia mine collapse: 3 dead, 15 missing

Libardo Cardona · May 2, 2014 4:08 am

Police say at least 10 people have been shot dead by militants in northeast of India

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 3:57 am

In this April 16, 2014 photo taken with a mobile phone by deceased South Korean high school student Park Su-hyeon and released by his father Park Jong-dae, students are shown inside the sinking ferry Sewol on waters near Jindo, South Korea. Soon after the ferry begins to tilt, nervous laughter can be heard from the high school students huddled below deck. In video clips from the cellphone of Park Su-hyeon, a victim of the disaster that has shaken South Korea, the teenagers talk of taking selfies, wonder if they'll make the news and discuss posting about the excitement later on Facebook. (AP Photo/Park Su-hyeon courtesy of the Park Family)

Heartbreaking video shows teens on sinking ferry

FOSTER KLUGHYUNG-JIN KIM · May 2, 2014 3:28 am

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2001 file photo, Juan Formell, leader of the Cuban orchestra Los Van Van, performs late Sunday in Havana, Cuba during a farewell summer concert. The noted Cuban musican, who for more than four decades was the driving force behind the big band salsa orchestra Los Van Van, has died. He was 71 years old. Formell's death was announced Thursday, May 1, 2014, on Cuban state television. (AP Photo/Ernesto Mastrascusa, File)

Cuban musician Juan Formell of Los Van Van dies

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 3:16 am

People watch machinery used to dig in search or survivors at a collapsed illegal gold mine in Santander de Quilichao, southern Colombia, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The bodies of three miners have been recovered and an unknown number remain missing, said Temistocles Ortega, governor of the Cauca state. (AP Photo/Oswaldo Paez, El Pais)

Illegal Colombia mine collapse: 3 dead

Libardo Cardona · May 2, 2014 2:21 am

Who was Cesar Chavez? Most Mexicans don’t know

Katherine Corcoran · May 2, 2014 1:44 am

People gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 1, 2014. A car bomb exploded on a busy road in Nigeria's capital late Thursday, killing at least nine people days before the city is to host a major international economic forum. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)

Explosion kills 12 in Nigerian capital, Abuja

BASHIR ADIGUNMICHELLE FAUL · May 1, 2014 11:35 pm