Taliban video shows handover of US soldier
By RAHIM FAIEZ In this image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl,…
Improvised explosives
SYRIA PROPOSES ALEPPO CEASE-FIRE, PRISONER SWAP
By ZEINA KARAM and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem enter a hall hand in hand for their talks in Moscow, Russia,…
NIGERIAN LEADER FIRES ALL MILITARY COMMANDERS
By MICHELLE FAUL In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Rescue workers gather around dead bodies following a suicide car bomb at a military post in Maiduguri, Nigeria. A…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE
By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to…
ACTIVIST: AL-QAIDA GROUP IN SYRIA KILLS 20 REBELS
In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians hold copies…
FIGHTING BETWEEN IRAQI TROOPS, AL-QAIDA KILLS 34
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Gunmen patrol after clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Lt. Gen.…
UNDERCOVER STINGS — USED TO FIGHT DOMESTIC TERRORISM
By ROXANA HEGEMAN In this undated photo provided by the Sedgwick County, Kan., Clerk’s Office, a booking mugshot of Terry Lee Loewen is seen. The 58-year-old avionics technician who worked…
IRA car bomb targets Belfast’s top shopping mall
A view of the Victoria Square Shopping complex in the centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. A suspected Irish Republican Army car bomb targeting Belfast’s biggest shopping…