BOMB KILLS 14 AS AFGHAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR PEACE
By AMIR SHAH and PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,…
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US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
By DIDI TANG U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights…
PENTAGON TO BEAR BRUNT OF UPCOMING BUDGET CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 17, 2013, file photo. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Air Force personnel at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston,…
PAKISTANI LAWMAKERS POISED TO ELECT PRESIDENT
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT In this Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo, Mamnoon Hussain, a candidate from ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-N arrives to submit his nomination papers for upcoming presidential election in…
NZ DISPUTES REPORT THAT IT SPIED ON JOURNALIST
By NICK PERRY In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High…
FIDEL CASTRO: ‘SLANDER’ OVER CASE OF SEIZED ARMS
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office through the twitter account of Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro about…
NORTH KOREA MILITARY PARADES THROUGH PYONGYANG
North Korean veterans of the Korean War wave to their leader Kim Jong Un during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the…