Pakistani Taliban confirm leader killed by drone
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD and RASOOL DAWAR FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur…
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Officials: Shootings kill 4 in north-central Iraq
By SAMEER N. YACOUB FILE – In this file photo taken on Oct. 21, 2013, mourners carry the coffin of a man killed in a bomb attack during a funeral…
Officials: US drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader
By RASOOL DAWAR and KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur…
Iraqi PM: US aid needed to battle al-Qaida
By LARA JAKES Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, walks with the House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., right, and the committee’s chairman Rep. Ed Royce,…
FREED FRENCH HOSTAGES ARRIVE HOME AFTER 3 YEARS
By SARAH DiLORENZO Released French hostage Daniel Larribe, right, is surrounded by his wife and two daughters as French President, Francois Hollande, left, and defense minister, Jean-Luc Le Drian, second…
CHEMICAL WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN SYRIA MISS DEADLINE
By MIKE CORDER and RYAN LUCAS U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, center right, and Deputy Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrive to a hotel surrounded by security Monday, Oct. 28,…
JAILED MOROCCAN EDITOR FREED ON BAIL
Prominent Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla, center, is greeted by supporters as he leaves the Sale prison, near the capital Rabat, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Anouzla is facing charges of abetting…
UK’S HAGUE STRESSES SUPPORT FOR SYRIAN OPPOSITION
By LARA JAKES US Secretary of State John Kerry, fourth from right, attends a meeting Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, hosted by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, fourth from left, of…