COLOMBIAN REBELS SUSPEND PEACE TALKS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Pablo Catatumbo, chief of the western bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, center, speaks to journalists accompanied by Ricardo Tellez, left, and Ivan…
International relations
PUTIN BANS RALLIES IN SOCHI NEAR THE 2014 OLYMPICS
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets World War II veterans before an opening ceremony of newly built fountain called Children Dancing in the southern Russian city of…
TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
SANCTIONS BITING BUT IRAN NOT BUDGING
By MARJORIE OLSTER FILE – In this Aug. 15, 2013, file photo, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during the debate on the proposed Cabinet at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran.…
FRANCE: FORCE AN OPTION IN SYRIA
By ELAINE GANLEY This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens trying…
NIXON TAPES REVEAL PRIVATE TALK WITH SOVIET LEADER
By GILLIAN FLACCUS FILE – In this April 29, 1974, file photo, President Richard M. Nixon points to the transcripts of the White House tapes after he announced during a…
MYANMAR MOB SWARMS CAR OF UN RIGHTS ENVOY
U.N. Human Rights envoy to Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana, speaks during a press conference before he departs from Yangon International Airport Wednesday, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, in Yangon, Myanmar. The…
MANNING SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN WIKILEAKS CASE
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court…