RAIDS SUGGEST FUTURE SHAPE OF COUNTERTERROR BIDS
By ROBERT BURNS FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-Shabab fighters just outside Mogadishu prepare to travel into the city in pickup trucks after vowing there…
International relations
US FORCES CONDUCT TWIN RAIDS IN LIBYA, SOMALIA
By KIMBERLY DOZIER, ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO This image from the FBI website shows Anas al-Libi. Gunmen in a three-car convoy seized Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias…
US PUSHES PACIFIC TRADE AGENDA DESPITE SHUTDOWN
By ELAINE KURTENBACH U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Kerry on…
ISRAEL PM SAYS WORLD MUST NOT BE ‘TEMPTED’ BY IRAN
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime…
IN ASIA, OBAMA’S NO-SHOW IS A BOOST FOR CHINA’S XI
By GILLIAN WONG Chinese President Xi Jinping, foreground right, bows as he inspects a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at Parliament Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Oct.…
IRANIANS STILL CHANT AGAINST US AFTER PRAYERS
By NASSER KARIMI FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani waves after swearing in at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. As…
RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN LIBYA EVACUATED AFTER ATTACK
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Map locates Tripoli, Libya, where where an armed mob broke into the Russian embassy; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101 mm; MOSCOW (AP) — Russia…
MYANMAR MUSLIMS HIDE AMID DEADLY SECTARIAN CLASHES
By KHIN MAUNG WIN Totally blackened pillars stand among debris of a burnt building Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in Thandwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Terrified Muslim families hid in forests…