SYRIAN REBEL SPOKESMAN DECRIES US, UK AID DECISION
By BASSEM MROUE This image made on a government-organized media tour for local journalists shows people returning to the western town of Nabek, which Syrian troops took full control of…
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POPE FRANCIS IS TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR
By DAVID BAUDER Pope Francis, Time magazine’s 2013 Person of the Year, is seen an undated photo of the magazine cover provided by Time, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Time said…
NORTH KOREA PURGES KIM JONG UN’S POWERFUL UNCLE
By FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, front center, is followed by his uncle Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman…
IRAN SAYS OPPOSES FOREIGN PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrives to Saadabad palace for a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Karzai arrived in Tehran for a one-day…
OBAMA, BUSH, CLINTON TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA
By JULIE PACE FOR — USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS – FILE – From left, President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, former president William J. Clinton former…
YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
NEARLY 100 DEAD IN CAR BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE
By KRISTA LARSON Shrouded bodies lay in a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. Over…
BIDEN: US-CHINA TIES RELY ON TRUST, GOOD MOTIVES
By JOSH LEDERMAN U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013,…