ARAB LEAGUE: SYRIA CONFERENCE SET FOR NOV. 23-24
By DIAA HADID ADDS NAME – Abbas Hammoud, one of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped by a rebel faction in northern Syria in May 2012, is embraced…
Europe
LUXEMBOURGERS GO TO POLLS TO ELECT NEW GOVERNMENT
Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the media, after he casts his vote, at a polling station in Capellen, Luxembourg, Sunday Oct. 20, 2013. Polls opened in Luxembourg for legislative…
FROM ENGLAND, ONE MAN FEEDS WESTERN MEDIA ON SYRIA
By RAPHAEL SATTER In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2013, Rami Abdurrahman, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Coventry, England. He’s practically a one man…
DEPP SALUTES CHRISTOPHER LEE AT LONDON FESTIVAL
By JILL LAWLESS British actor Sir Christopher Lee receives the BFI Fellowship award from American actor Johnny Depp at he 57th BFI London Film Festival Awards Night at Banqueting House…
EXECUTED SALESIAN BROTHER BEATIFIED IN HUNGARY
By PABLO GORONDI Salesian monks attend a mass celebrated to beatify Istvan Sandor, a Hungarian martyr monk of the Roman Catholic order of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in St.…
SAUDI ARABIA REJECTS SEAT ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
By AYA BATRAWY and EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria…
EU, CANADA REACH LANDMARK FREE TRADE DEAL
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to conclude a signing ceremony at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,…
IRAN FM: ISRAEL SEEKS TO UNDERMINE NUCLEAR TALKS
By NASSER KARIMI General view prior to the start of the two days of closed-door nuclear talks on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 at the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland.…