KENYAN FORCES LAUNCH ASSAULT TO END HOSTAGE SIEGE
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist…
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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…
MERKEL FAVORED FOR 3RD TERM, FACES TIGHT OUTCOME
By GEIR MOULSON German Chancellor Angela Merkel, arrives at the final stage of her election campaign in Berlin, Germany , Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. General elections in Germany are scheduled…
ISRAEL, ALLIES FEND OFF INTERNATIONAL CENSURE
By GEORGE JAHN Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, from left wait for…
POPE BLASTS ABORTION AFTER DECRYING FOCUS ON RULES
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis meets Hungary’s President Janos Ader, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope…
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…
8 ARRESTED IN CYBER THEFT FROM BARCLAYS BANK
By GREGORY KATZ A passer-by walks past a branch of Barclays Bank in Swiss Cottage, north London, Friday Sept. 20, 2013. British police said Friday they have arrested eight men…