ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
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US AND IRAN EYE DIPLOMATIC DEFROSTING AT UN
By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during…
MCCAIN SLAMS PUTIN IN OPINION PIECE FOR PRAVDA
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, walk to a closed-door briefing on Syria with Secretary…
WHY IS FRANCE PUSHING SO HARD ON SYRIA?
By JAMEY KEATEN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague,…
RUSSIA AGAINST — USE OF FORCE IN SYRIA RESOLUTION
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, greets his French counterpart Laurent Fabius prior to their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) MOSCOW (AP) —…
UN: ‘CONVINCING EVIDENCE’ OF SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK
By EDITH M. LEDERER This photo released by the United Nations shows professor Ake Sellstrom, head of the chemical weapons team working in Syria, handing over the report on the…
OIL FALLS TO NEAR $107 ON US-RUSSIA DEAL FOR SYRIA
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, oil pumps work in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil prices fell slightly Friday,…
BIDEN IN IOWA: UP CLOSE TO ANTI-WAR DEMOCRATS
By THOMAS BEAUMONT FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2008, file photo then-Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., talks to supporters during a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on the…