Obama leaves for Asia to boost trade, cooperation
By NANCY BENAC President Barack Obama is leaving on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia as part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic…
Freedom of religion
Severe crackdown in China on church crosses draws backlash
By DIDI TANG About a dozen Catholics wept and sang hymns outside their church as a man climbed to the top of the building and sliced off its steel cross…
Obama condemns those who seek to ‘hijack religion’
President Barack Obama on Thursday condemned those who seek to use religion as a rationale for carrying out violence around the world, declaring that “no god condones terror.” “We are…
Pope travels to war-torn north Sri Lanka, urges forgiveness
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JAYAMPATHI PALIPANE Pope Francis traveled to the jungles of war-torn northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday for a deeply symbolic show of solidarity with the victims of…
US TAKES AIM AT CHINA, UPS NAVAL AID TO SE ASIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. State Secretary John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. The United States…
A LOOK AT KEY ARTICLES IN EGYPTIAN DRAFT CHARTER
Members of Egypt’s panel tasked with amending Egypt’s Islamist-drafted constitution, read drafts of the constitution before they begin voting on a series of amendments, in the Shoura Council, Cairo, Egypt,…