Tag: World

Argentina considers crackdown on street protests

Almudena Calatrava · April 17, 2014 9:00 pm

This picture provided by ISNA, a semi-official news agency, taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 shows Maryam Hosseinzadeh, right, and her husband Abdolghani, left, removing the noose from the neck of blindfolded Bilal who was convicted of murdering their son Abdollah in the northern city of Nour, Iran. Bilal who was convicted of killing Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, was pardoned by the victim's family moments before being executed. (AP Photo/ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

Iranian woman forgives son’s killer at the gallows

Lee Keath · April 17, 2014 8:57 pm

Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies at 87

FRANK BAJAKPAUL HAVEN · April 17, 2014 8:06 pm

UN: Iran cuts stock closest to nuke-arms grade

George Jahn · April 17, 2014 7:47 pm

Forensic expert, Roger Dixon, left, holds a court exhibit, a magazine rack, as he answers questions put to him by chief state prosecutor Gerrie Nel , right, during the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, Pool)

Pistorius trial: Prosecutor chides defense witness

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAGERALD IMRAY · April 17, 2014 7:37 pm

FILE - In this April 20, 2006, file photo, a group of Alpacas run while the Ubinas Volcano, background, 760 kilometers (470 miles) southeast of the capital of Lima, Peru, spews acid-laden ash and vapors. Peruvian authorities have orderedtheis Thursday April 17, 2014, the preventative evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which has been spouting ash clouds up two miles high. (AP Photo, File)

Peru volcano prompts evacuation of 4,000

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 7:02 pm

FILE - In this June 20, 2008, file photo, Cheo Feliciano performs at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, in New York. The Puerto Rican salsa legend Feliciano died in a car accident early Thursday April 17, 2014, in the U.S. territory. He was 78. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Salsa great Cheo Feliciano dies in car crash at 78

Danica Coto · April 17, 2014 6:58 pm

Thugs with machetes attack Nigerian party congress

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 6:42 pm

Hail wreaks Easter travel havoc in Mexico City

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 6:39 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks outside his office in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Turkey's parliament looks set to pass a bill that increases the powers and immunities of the country's spy agency. It is the latest in a string of moves critics say is undermining democracy in the country that is a candidate to join the European Union. The bill, expected to be voted on Thursday, gives the National Intelligence Agency greater eavesdropping and operational powers and increases its immunities and abilities to keep tabs on citizens. Journalists publishing classified documents would face prison terms. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey increases spy agency’s powers

Suzan Fraser · April 17, 2014 6:24 pm

Pope washes feet of elderly, disabled in rite

Nicole Winfield · April 17, 2014 6:16 pm

Raw: Bulgarian Monastery Dyes 5000 Easter Eggs

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 6:13 pm