Pakistan appoints new ambassador to US
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani government says it has appointed a new ambassador to the United States. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that Foreign…
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Syrian opposition refuses Moscow talks
By BASSEM MROUE and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media after his talks with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 8,…
World’s top diplomats to join Iran nuclear talks
By GEORGE JAHN and JOHN HEILPRIN Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif waits for the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva…
Kerry warns of violence if peace talks fail
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Kerry waded again into the nitty-gritty of…
Malala plotter chosen as Pakistani Taliban leader
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard…
KERRY SEEKS MOVEMENT IN ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN TALKS
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool) BETHLEHEM, West…
Tajik leader set to expand 20-year rule in vote
By OLGA TUTUBALINA FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Emomali Rakhmon, President of Tajikistan, gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in…
South Korea’s president on state visit to UK
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, right welcomes the South Korean President Park Geun-hye to Buckingham Palace as they pose for photographers at the Grand Entrance in London,Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. The…