GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS JAILED AMID RUSSIAN PROBE
By ALEXANDER ROSLYAKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA A police officer guards the US captain of the Greenpeace ship ‘Arctic Sunrise’, Peter Willcox in a cage in a court room in Murmansk,…
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RUSSIA TO FILE PIRACY CHARGES AGAINST GREENPEACE
By ALEXANDER ROSLYAKOV and LYNN BERRY Greenpeace ship ‘Arctic Sunrise’ is escorted by a Russian coast guard boat, in Kola Bay at the military base Severomorsk on the Kola peninsula…
AFGHAN OFFICIAL, 2 NATO TROOPS DIE IN ATTACKS
By RAHIM FAIEZ A member of the Afghan security forces secures the area at the scene of an explosion with a destroyed police car behind, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept.…
MORTAR ROUND LANDS IN RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS
By JAMAL HALABY and JIM HEINTZ In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 photo, a Syrian child looks out from his home during heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar…
ANALYSIS: UN MAY SEE BIG ACTION ON SYRIA, IRAN
By STEVEN R. HURST This combination made with file photos shows, from left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After…
GREENPEACE SHIP IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC TOWED TO PORT
By LAURA MILLS In this image released by environmental organization Greenpeace, a Russian Coast guard officer, right, points a gun at a Greenpeace International activist, left in yellow uniform, as…
EU MISSION MEMBER KILLED IN KOSOVO SHOOTING
By ZVEZDAN DJUKANOVIC European Union rule of law mission (EULEX) police officers inspect a EULEX vehicle after a shooting incident on the road near the village Banjska, 15 kilometers north…
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…