TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
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BENGHAZI AFTERSHOCKS AFFECTING US POLICY IN EGYPT
By BRADLEY KLAPPER President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard,…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
TERRORISTS TURN TO ONLINE CHAT ROOMS TO EVADE US
By LARA JAKES and ADAM GOLDMAN FILE – This Aug. 10, 2013 file photo shows Yemeni soldiers inspecting a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S.…
GUNMEN KILL 5 YEMENI SOLDIERS AT CHECKPOINT
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE — In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa,…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Pakistani guards search a car outside the U. S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The State Department warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan…
YEMEN’S GOVERNMENT SAYS IT FOILED AL-QAIDA PLOTS
By AHMED AL-HAJ A policeman checks a car at the entrance of Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at…
US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…