RIOT POLICE DEPLOY NEAR PROTEST SITES IN KIEV
By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU A Pro-European Union activist tries to give food to riot police officers preparing to block the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9,…
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ANALYSIS: CRISES IN ASIA LET BIDEN SHOW US RESOLVE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This Dec. 7, 2013 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden, center, is briefed by Lt. Col. Daniel Edwan, the commander of the JSA Security…
UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…
Iran nuke deal could push oil prices lower
By JONATHAN FAHEY FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, oil pumps work in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil prices could be headed lower…
Easing of Iran sanctions could start in December
By JOHN-THOR In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, Iranians hold posters of President Hassan Rouhani as they welcome Iranian nuclear negotiators upon their arrival from…
CONGRESS PLANS TOUGH IRAN SANCTIONS IF DEAL FAILS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, visit the media seating area of Kerry’s aircraft as it sits on…
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL FUELS ANGER, JITTERS IN MIDEAST
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. After feverishly trying to derail the international…
RUSSIAN FM LAVROV TO JOIN IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By JAMEY KEATEN and JOHN HEILPRIN Michael Mann, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, briefs the media outside a hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking…