KERRY IN AFGHANISTAN FOR URGENT SECURITY TALKS
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leaves from Subang TUDM outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, after completing his trip to Malaysia after…
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EASTERN INDIA BRACES FOR IMPACT OF MAJOR CYCLONE
In this Thursday Oct. 10, 2013 photo, fishing boats are pulled off to the shore following a cyclone alert on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri, Odisha state, India.…
AFGHANISTAN PREPARING FOR MEETING OVER US DEAL
By PATRICK QUINN An International Security Assistance Force soldier stands guard near a C-130 transport aircraft at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Afghanistan…
US DECISION TO CUT AID TO CREATE FRICTION IN EGYPT
By DEB RIECHMANN In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir…
HUNGARIAN WINGSUIT FLYER DIES DURING CHINA JUMP
In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 photo, Hungarian wingsuit flier Viktor Kovats jumps off a mountain at Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie in south China’s Hunan province. Kovats…
PAKISTAN’S FORMER PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF GETS BAIL
By ASIF SHAHZAD FILE — In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Pakistan’s former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters at his house in Islamabad,…
US EXPECTED TO SLASH AID TO EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT
By MATTHEW LEE In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 photo, Egyptians crowd a shopping at a market in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s capital has long been proud of its nickname, “Mother…
NEWS SUMMARY: ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP VOWS TO COOPERATE
By The Associated Press Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, left, waves as, left to right, Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Peruvian Foreign…