Tag: World

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists claim blast that killed 75 people in capital Abuja

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 5:38 pm

Civil defense workers remove a body from a burned-out car in Mughsha, Bahrain, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Authorities in Bahrain say an apparent car bombing has killed two people and wounded one west of the capital, Manama. Bahrain has been roiled by three years of unrest, with a Shiite-dominated opposition movement demanding greater political rights from the Sunni monarchy. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Ministry: 2 killed in apparent Bahrain car bombing

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 5:30 pm

Lee Jong-eui, 48, shows a photo of his nephew Nam Hyun-chul,17, one of missing passengers aboard the ferry Sewol sank off South Korea, during an interview at a gymnasium in Jindo, South Korea Saturday, April 19, 2014. Relatives of about 270 people missing have grown increasingly exasperated and distrusting of South Korean authorities, in part because of confusion, early missteps and perceived foot-dragging. For days, they have dealt with shock, fear and bewilderment. They have briefly been buoyed by new ideas for finding survivors, changes in death counts and the number of missing, even rumors of contact with trapped relatives, only to be let down later. (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)

Confusion, anger as sunken ferry’s relatives wait

Gillian Wong · April 19, 2014 4:05 pm

Man arrested over murder of ex-IRA leader

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 3:58 pm

Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 3:54 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 file photo, T.B. Joshua lays his hand on the head of a worshipper during a service at the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, in Lagos Nigeria. T.B. Joshua's Synagogue, Church of All Nations has branches around the world, and a recent YouTube video even credits him with predicting the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370. Joshua is one of the best-known preachers in Africa and among the most profitable in Nigeria, the go-to faith healer and spiritual guide for leaders such as the late Ghanaian president John Atta Mills, Malawian president Joyce Banda and former Zimbabwean prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The man who says he comes from the poor village of Arigidi is worth between $10 and $15 million based on assets, according to Forbes magazine, which in 2011 estimated his personal wealth. The church holds some 15,000 people with outside tents for the overflow and Sunday services are beamed worldwide. Yet critics say this wildly popular televangelist hinders efforts to curtail the spread of HIV and tuberculosis with testimonies by church-goers that faith and his holy water can cure both. He is also accused of taking advantage of his followers and tightly controlling those closest to him, who call him "Daddy."(AP Photo/Carley Petesch, file)

Nigeria preacher: Healer or controversial leader?

Carley Petesch · April 19, 2014 3:38 pm

Famous television host in Pakistan shot by gunmen

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 2:06 pm

Alleged fraudster visits Austrian police, arrested

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 1:47 pm

Egypt archaeologists find ancient writer’s tomb

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 1:04 pm

Iran denounces US ruling to sell property

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 12:23 pm

Ukraine crisis: turning points

Vladimir Isachenkov · April 19, 2014 11:14 am

Student fought bureaucrats for Holocaust justice

Toby Sterling · April 19, 2014 10:42 am