REPORTS: MOM VISITS AMERICAN DETAINED IN NKOREA
By ERIC TALMADGE Kenneth Bae, right, an American man detained in North Korea for the past 11 months, and his mother Myunghee Bae talk each other during their meeting at…
International relations
EGYPT DECRIES US AID FREEZE, SAYS IT’S “INCORRECT”
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, second left, stands with an Egyptian army official before laying a…
LIBYA PREMIER BRIEFLY ABDUCTED IN SIGN OF CHAOS
By ESAM MOHAMMED and MAGGIE MICHAEL Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan, left, gives a press conference after being rescued from gunmen who snatched him from his hotel early Thursday and…
CHARLES TAYLOR TO SERVE SENTENCE IN BRITAIN
By MIKE CORDER Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits for the start of his appeal judgement at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands,…
US DECISION TO CUT AID TO CREATE FRICTION IN EGYPT
By DEB RIECHMANN In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir…
QUEBEC SEEKS CURB ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS
By BENJAMIN SHINGLER Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec’s proposed “charter of values” in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. The plan by the ruling party, the separatist…
US EXPECTED TO SLASH AID TO EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT
By MATTHEW LEE In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013 photo, Egyptians crowd a shopping at a market in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s capital has long been proud of its nickname, “Mother…
AFGHAN PRESIDENT SAYS US SECURITY DEAL NOT READY
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Karzai says disagreements over…