NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT VOWS SUPPORT FOR ASSAD
By BASSEM MROUE Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, sits in a meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as…
Government and politics
ZIMBABWE OFFICIALS: MUGABE WINS WITH 61 PERCENT
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 1 2013. Tsvagirai said the election is “null and void” due to alleged violations in the voting process, but president…
EGYPT WARNS PRO-MORSI PROTESTERS TO LEAVE SIT-IN
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a banner with Morsi’s image, during a march against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Nasr City,…
NEW US PENALTIES WILL GREET IRAN’S NEW LEADER
By BRADLEY KLAPPER In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to…
CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
By DIDI TANG U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights…
MALI PRESIDENTIAL RACE GOES TO RUNOFF
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Supporters of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita briefly celebrate as they watch the televised reading of election results, at Keita campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.…
GOVS WARN WASHINGTON AGAINST FISCAL INACTION
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker draws the biggest crowd of reporters following a news conference on the opening day of the National Governors Association meeting on Friday, Aug.…
REP. ISSA ACC– USES IRS OF OBSTRUCTING INVESTIGATION
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE IN this July 17, 2013 file photo, acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) head Daniel Werfel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP lawmaker accused the…