Tag: World

Thai police: 2-year-old killed in southern attack

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 3:28 pm

FILE - This Sept. 25, 2013 file photo shows British entrepreneur Richard Branson at the Virgin Galactic hangar at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. One lucky citizen of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates could soon get the chance to be rocketed into space. Government-backed Aabar Investments on Sunday announced the start of a competition to award an Emirati a free spot aboard Virgin Galactic's spaceship when it begins ferrying space tourists briefly into space. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Emirati firm promises to send citizen into space

Adam Schreck · April 20, 2014 3:09 pm

Former boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter dies at 76, associate and caregiver says.

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 2:59 pm

Myanmar says 22 dead in Kachin fighting this month

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 2:56 pm

A large crowd is seen in St. Peter's Square from the Bernini colonnade towards Via della Conciliazione avenue, top, during Pope Francis' Easter Mass, at the the Vatican, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Even before Mass began, a crowd of more than 100,000 was overflowing from the cobblestoned square, and many more Romans, tourists and pilgrims were still streaming in for the pontiff's tradition Easter greeting at noon (1000 GMT). At left is the Apostolic Palace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis, huge crowd joyously celebrate Easter

Frances D'emilio · April 20, 2014 2:51 pm

French President Francois Hollande, third from left, speaks with released French hostages, from left, Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres, at the Villacoublay military airbase, outside Paris, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria returned home on Sunday to joyful families awaiting them. The four were freed by their captives a day earlier at the Turkish border. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

4 French journalists home after long Syrian ordeal

Elaine Ganley · April 20, 2014 2:42 pm

South Korean Coast Guard police officers on a boat check the bodies of passengers believed to have been trapped in the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 20, 2014. After more than three days of frustration and failure, divers on Sunday finally found a way into the submerged ferry off South Korea's southern shore, discovering more than a dozen bodies inside the ship and pushing the confirmed death toll to over four dozen, officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Transcript of SKorea ship sinking: ‘We can’t move’

The Associated Press · April 20, 2014 1:25 pm

This portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken and made available at 12:00 GMT Sunday, April 20, 2014, by British photographer David Bailey has been released to mark her 88th birthday on Monday April 21, 2014. The photograph was taken at Buckingham Palace in March and was commissioned on behalf of the British Government's GREAT Britain campaign. The image will be used in activity to support the GREAT campaign, which aims to generate jobs and growth through highlighting internationally Britain as a world-class destination for trade, tourism, investment and education. (AP Photo/David Bailey) NO SALES NO ARCHIVE MANDATORY CREDIT DAVID BAILEY

New portrait unveiled for British queen’s birthday

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 12:36 pm

FILE - In this April 16, 2014 file photo, South Korean coast guard officers try to rescue passengers from the Sewol ferry as it sinks in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea. It is a decision that has maritime experts stumped and is at odds with standard procedure: Why were the passengers of the doomed South Korean ferry told to stay in their rooms rather than climb on deck? Evacuations can be chaotic and dangerous, and an important principle in maritime circles is that even a damaged ship may be the best lifeboat. But car ferries like the Sewol, which left some 300 people missing or dead when it sank Wednesday, are different. They are particularly susceptible to rapid capsizing which makes it critically important that the crew quickly evacuate passengers when there is trouble. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT

Delay in ferry evacuation puzzles maritime experts

JUSTIN PRITCHARDYOUKYUNG LEE · April 20, 2014 12:26 pm

A Christian pilgrim prays prior to the Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Millions of Christians around the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Thousands celebrate Easter in Holy Land

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 12:07 pm

Pope Francis delivers his blessing at the end of the Urbi and Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s Easter Message ‘Urbi et Orbi’

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 11:44 am

Palestinian rock throwers arrested at holy site

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2014 9:55 am