By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Eighty security guards were stationed around an exclusive French Riviera hotel that stored a $2.6 million necklace — but apparently, that wasn’t enough. Thieves were still able to make off with the piece, pulling off the second million-dollar heist at Cannes Film Festival in a week. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
Russia — A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said. Published May 25, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada’s largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A Ukrainian court rejected a request from gay rights activists to hold their nation’s first pride parade through the streets of Kiev, citing concerns about violence. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Stockholm is in chaos, as hundreds of youths on Friday set fire to nearly a dozen cars, two schools and a police station as violent protests in Sweden’s capital city enter their fifth day. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
British authorities on Friday sent fighter jets to escort a plane from Pakistan that’s carrying nearly 300 passengers. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
A loud explosion, followed up by heavy gunfire, was heard in the capital city of Kabul near government buildings on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m local time. Published May 24, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
British Prime Minister David Cameron is demanding intelligence and security heads explain how two Islamist terror suspects could massacre a soldier in the streets when the two had been surveillance targets of MI5 for the past eight years. Published May 24, 2013
By Associated Press
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. Published May 23, 2013
By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press
An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. Published May 23, 2013
By Riaz Khan - Associated Press
An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. Published May 23, 2013
By Karin Laub - Associated Press
Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday. Published May 23, 2013
By Angela Charlton - Associated Press
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) payoff to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. Published May 23, 2013
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The main Syrian opposition coalition meets in Istanbul Thursday for three days of talks, including a key decision whether or not to attend a Russia and U.S.-backed peace conference with the Syrian government in Geneva next month. Published May 23, 2013
By Bradley Klapper and Josef Federman - Associated Press
The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry's 2-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Published May 23, 2013
By Pamela Sampson and Pan Pylas - Associated Press
Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago. Published May 23, 2013
By Miles Yu
The May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard set off an inadvertent naval competition between Taiwan and China. Published May 23, 2013
By Gregory Katz - Associated Press
A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. Published May 23, 2013
By Cassandra Vinograd and Paisley Dodds - Associated Press
The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital. Published May 23, 2013
By Ian Bishop - The Washington Times
Drummer Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, and the dad of a toddler son, was identified Friday by the Ministry of Defence as the victim in the horrific machete attack in the Woolwich neighborhood of London. Published May 23, 2013
By James Morrison - The Washington Times
The House and Senate this week advanced bills to broaden sanctions against Iran because of its suspected nuclear weapons program and continued abuse of human rights, as the theocratic regime in Tehran took steps to manipulate its June 14 presidential election. Published May 23, 2013
