Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki’s removal
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Friday, March 26, 2010, file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq’s Vice President Khudeir al-Khuzaie…
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Iraq: al-Maliki’s rivals jockey to replace him
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA FILE – This Dec. 3, 2011 file photo shows Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks during an interview with The Associated Press in…
Watchdog accuses Syria’s Kurdish party of abuses
By BARBARA SURK United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres greets a Syrian child during his visit to Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Guterres…
14 dead in bombing of WCup view site in Nigeria
By ADAMU ADAMU FILE – In this file photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, Nigerian security forces stand guards during Eid al-Fitr celebration in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Police say over…
Taliban video shows handover of US soldier
By RAHIM FAIEZ In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl,…
PAKISTAN TALKS WITH TALIBAN TEAM DELAYED
By MUNIR AHMED Pakistani religious cleric and member of Taliban’s negotiating committee Maulana Sami-ul-Haq arrives for a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. A three-member committee appointed…
AFGHAN EXPRESSES OPTIMISM KARZAI WILL SIGN US PACT
By KAY JOHNSON Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta addresses a news conference at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. President Hamid Karzai’s national security adviser…
DIVIDED EGYPT MARKS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB An Egyptian vendor displays a mask of Egypt’s Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising, in…