SYRIA PROPOSES ALEPPO CEASE-FIRE, PRISONER SWAP
By ZEINA KARAM and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem enter a hall hand in hand for their talks in Moscow, Russia,…
Cease fires
RUSSIA: ASSAD MULLING OPEN HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
By LARA JAKES and LORI HINNANT US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center,…
ISRAEL, LEBANON MOVE TO EASE TENSIONS
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli soldiers stand guard in Rosh Hanikra, Israel near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Israel’s army said Monday its troops shot…
CHEMICAL WATCHDOG CHIEF: 20 SYRIAN SITES TO CHECK
By MIKE CORDER Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog’s verification and destruction mission in…
JACKSON STILL HOPEFUL FOR CAPTIVE US MAN’S RELEASE
By PETER ORSI Rev. Jesse Jackson talks with journalists after a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba,…
RWANDAN TANKS, ARTILLERY SEEN MOVING TOWARD CONGO
By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI CORRECTS DATE – A Rwandan armored vehicle with soldiers on top drives past residents of Kigali, Rwanda Friday Aug. 30, 2013 as it heads…
ISRAEL, GAZA LAUNCH HEAVIEST STRIKES SINCE TRUCE
By IAN DEITCH Israeli Border Police take position during clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Clashes erupted during a protest in support of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, 64,…
ISRAELI PLANES STRIKE GAZA AFTER ROCKET FIRE
By IAN DEITCH Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in Israeli jail in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, April 2, 2013.…