39 DEAD IN KENYA MALL ATTACK; HOSTAGES STILL HELD
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Civilians who had been hiding inside during the gun battle manage to flee from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.…
International relations
ANALYSIS: UN MAY SEE BIG ACTION ON SYRIA, IRAN
By STEVEN R. HURST This combination made with file photos shows, from left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After…
PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AFGHAN TALIBAN PRISONER
By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON FILE – This March 4, 2001, file photo shows Taliban’s then-Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Muttawakil, who served as foreign minister…
ISRAEL, ALLIES FEND OFF INTERNATIONAL CENSURE
By GEORGE JAHN Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, from left wait for…
US AND IRAN EYE DIPLOMATIC DEFROSTING AT UN
By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during…
PALESTINIAN ENVOY BLASTS ISRAEL CLAIM IN WEST BANK
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH FILE – In this Nov. 26, 2007 file photo, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. Erekat said Thursday, Sept.…
CAROLINE KENNEDY: HUMBLED TO CARRY FATHER’S LEGACY
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, Caroline Kennedy speaks at the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in…
BANGLADESH OPPOSITION PROTESTS WAR CRIMES VERDICT
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans during a rally against a strike called by Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Jamaat-e-Islami…