NIGERIAN LEADER FIRES ALL MILITARY COMMANDERS
By MICHELLE FAUL In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Rescue workers gather around dead bodies following a suicide car bomb at a military post in Maiduguri, Nigeria. A…
Political and civil unrest
AP PHOTOS: PROTESTERS TRY TO SHUT DOWN BANGKOK
Anti-government protesters with national flags gather for a rally Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters took over key intersections in Thailand’s capital Monday, halting much of the…
HASINA SWORN IN FOR 3RD TIME AS BANGLADESH PM
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, left, administers the oath to Bangladesh’i Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, right, during her swearing in ceremony in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2013. Hasina was sworn…
BANGKOK BRACES AS THAI PROTESTERS SET FOR SHUTDOWN
By GRANT PECK and JINDA WEDEL Anti-government protesters wave clapping tools and blow whistles during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Thailand’s capital…
UKRAINE: OPPOSITION LEADER INJURED IN CLASHES
A riot police officer is blocked by pro-European Union activists near a Svyatoshin police station in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Kiev has been the scene of massive pro-European…
ARIEL SHARON, FORMER ISRAELI PM, DIES AT 85
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this Wednesday Feb. 7, 2001 file photo, Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s Prime Minister-elect, looks up as he touches Judaism holiest site, the Western Wall,…
INDIAN POLITICAL BRAWLING SHOWS RAPE A VOTER ISSUE
By KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 file photo, activists of Indian National Congress with black bands around their mouths block traffic during a protest against…
ISRAEL: MIGRANTS PROTEST OUTSIDE FOREIGN EMBASSIES
By IAN DEITCH African migrants protest in front of the American Embassy demanding asylum and work rights from the Israeli government, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. About…