Jun 17, 2013 |
Demonstrators clashed with the riot police in downtown Rio de Janeiro on June 17, 2013, after a protest against higher public transportation fares and the use of public funds to finance international football tournaments. 
Jun 15, 2013 |
Police fired tear gas and jets of water to disperse hundreds of demonstrators in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday, June 15, 2013, shortly after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned police would intervene to end protesters’ occupation of a park bordering the square.
Jun 11, 2013 |
Protesters pushed a dummy of a pig covered in animal blood, towards policemen during a demonstration against lawmakers’ demands for a pay raise, outside parliament buildings in Nairobi, Kenya, June 11, 2013. Refusing to accept a cut imposed by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission in May, members of parliament voted to increase their salaries to [...]
Jun 06, 2013 |
Munduruku Indians protested in front of Planalto Palace in Brasilia June 6, 2013. The Indians from the Amazon Basin are demonstrating against violations of indigenous rights and calling for the suspension of the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on the Xingu river, a huge project aimed at feeding Brazil’s fast-growing demand for electricity. [...]
Jun 06, 2013 |
The Syrian Army seized total control of city of Qusayr on June 5, 2013 and the surrounding region in Syria’s central Homs province. The Syrian army ousted rebels from the strategic town of Qusayr after a blistering 17-day assault led by Hezbollah fighters, scoring a major battlefield success in a war that has killed at [...]
Jun 06, 2013 |
The Syrian Army seized total control of city of Qusayr on June 5, 2013 and the surrounding region in Syria’s central Homs province. The Syrian army ousted rebels from the strategic town of Qusayr after a blistering 17-day assault led by Hezbollah fighters, scoring a major battlefield success in a war that has killed at [...]
Jun 06, 2013 |
The Syrian Army seized total control of city of Qusayr on June 5, 2013 and the surrounding region in Syria’s central Homs province. The Syrian army ousted rebels from the strategic town of Qusayr after a blistering 17-day assault led by Hezbollah fighters, scoring a major battlefield success in a war that has killed at [...]
Jun 06, 2013 |
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila have announced they are divorcing after 30 years of marriage.
Jun 04, 2013 |
Thousands commemorated those killed in the 1989 military crackdown in Tienamen Square in Beijing on Tuesday, the 24th anniversary.
Jun 04, 2013 |
Mongolia is in the middle of a resources boom with Oyu Tolgoi, the huge copper and gold mine, soon to open, which will provide vast revenues for the government that can be spent on infrastructure and education if corruption can be kept in check.
Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as
Danielle Bradbery, a 16-year-old country-singing dynamo with pitch-perfect pipes, captured the Season 4 crown on &#
Photos from the NBA finals basketball game between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, June 18, 20
