UKRAINE PROSECUTORS: 2 DEAD MEN HIT BY LIVE AMMO
By YURAS KARMANAU and MARIA DANILOVA A police officer beats a protester during clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Police in Ukraineís capital on Wednesday tore down…
Eastern Europe
RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR ‘REAL PRESSURE’ ON SYRIA
By FRANK JORDANS Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during the annual press conference of the non governmental organization in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The…
UN WITHDRAWS IRAN INVITATION TO SYRIA TALKS
By CARA ANNA Jordanian Foreign Minister and President of the United Nations Security Council Nasser Judeh , right, listens to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting of the United…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
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,…
2 SERB EX-SPY CHIEFS ARRESTED OVER 1999 KILLING
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and security agencies coordinator Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Two former ranking secret…
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,…
UKRAINE: OPPOSITION LEADER INJURED IN CLASHES
A riot police officer is blocked by pro-European Union activists near a Svyatoshin police station in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Kiev has been the scene of massive pro-European…