Tag: World

In this April 15, 2014 photo, India's Ramesh Agrawal walks outside his shop during an interview in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh state, India. Six environmental advocates from India, Peru, Russia and three other nations have won this year's Goldman Prize, which is awarded annually for grass-roots activism. Agrawal received the prize for helping villagers fight a large coal mine in Chhattisgarh state, the San Francisco-based Goldman Environmental Foundation said Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Energy and Environment

Goldman environment prize goes to 6 activists

Katy Daigle · April 28, 2014 11:32 am

Somalia says Kenya is detaining innocent Somalis

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 11:28 am

Peaches Geldof inquest to open this week

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 11:07 am

Coppola, Jia selected for 9-member Cannes jury

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 10:24 am

In this April 26, 2014 photo, Buddhist monk, Bul Il offers prayers to wish for the safe return of passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol in Jindo, South Korea. Bul Il came from the southeastern port city of Busan to help the families of the more than 100 still missing in the sunken South Korean ferry. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Volunteers quietly help families of ferry’s lost

HYUNG-JIN KIMJUNG-YOON CHOI · April 28, 2014 9:53 am

Ethiopia arrests journalists, bloggers

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 9:43 am

Syrian parliament speaker: President Bashar Assad declares his candidacy for June 3 elections

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 9:26 am

In this Nov. 28, 2013 photo, a boat which was intended to carry fleeing Rohingya Muslims until doubts arose about its seaworthiness, is docked at a lagoon near the The' Chaung refugee camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar. Although the United Nations considers the Rohingya to be among the most persecuted groups on earth, nearby countries easily reachable by boat have been implementing policies and practices to ensure that Rohingya refugees don't wash up on their shores. (AP Photo/Kaung Htet)

Desperate Rohingya kids flee alone by boat

MARGIE MASONROBIN McDOWELL · April 28, 2014 7:35 am

U.S. Marines fix their tents as they arrive at Crow Valley, Tarlac province in northern Philippines.

US, Philippines sign deal on military accord

Jim Gomez · April 28, 2014 6:27 am

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, left, looks on as retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston, the head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, April 28, 2014. Abbott and Houston announced Monday that the underwater hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be expanded to include a massive swath of ocean floor that may take up to eight months to thoroughly search. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES

Missing plane’s search area to be expanded

Rod McGuirk · April 28, 2014 6:09 am

Bomb kills 3 soldiers in Pakistan’s tribal region

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 5:42 am

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won bows to the nation after offering his resignation at the Central Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Chung offered to resign Sunday over the government's handling of a deadly ferry sinking, blaming "deep-rooted evils" and societal irregularities for a tragedy that has left more than 300 people dead or missing and led to widespread shame, fury and finger-pointing. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Bad weather hinders search for ferry dead

HYUNG-JIN KIMYOUKYUNG LEE · April 28, 2014 5:39 am