TUNISIA LEADER URGES IRAN TO PUSH PEACE IN SYRIA
By LARA JAKES In this video image taken from AP video, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, talks with a reporter at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Marzouki is in…
International relations
EU SAYS IRAN, 6 KEY NATIONS TO HOLD NUCLEAR TALKS
By EDITH M. LEDERER European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton holds a news conference during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept.…
US FACES TOUGH CHALLENGES TO DELIVER AID IN SYRIA
By DEB RIECHMANN FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2013, file photo, a Venezuelan airman, center, and Lebanese airport workers, right, unload aid supplies from a military plane at Rafik…
IRAN’S PRESIDENT URGES ‘INTERACTION’ AT UN
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, gives a speech during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept, 22, 2013. On the eve of landmark trip to gather alongside Western leaders,…
KENYAN FORCES LAUNCH ASSAULT TO END HOSTAGE SIEGE
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist…
MORTAR ROUND LANDS IN RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS
By JAMAL HALABY and JIM HEINTZ In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 photo, a Syrian child looks out from his home during heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar…
SRI LANKA’S WAR-HIT TAMILS VOTE FOR WIDER AUTONOMY
By KRISHAN FRANCIS A Sri Lankan man cycles with a boy a day after the northern provincial council election in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A former political…
SUICIDE ATTACK ON PAKISTANI CHURCH KILLS 75 PEOPLE
By RIAZ KHAN Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide…