ISRAEL APPROVES NEARLY 1,200 NEW SETTLEMENT HOMES
By KARIN LAUB and DANIEL ESTRIN FILE – In this Sept. 20, 2010 aerial file photo, taken through the window of an airplane, the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel…
International relations
US ANGRY OVER RELEASE OF MEXICAN DRUG LORD
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court…
ENTERTAINMENT WORLD LEADS OUTCRY AGAINST RUSSIA
By STEPHEN WILSON FILE – US actor Harvey Fierstein in New York, in this Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo. The entertainment industry is using its star power and money…
AP INTERVIEW: US GENERAL SAYS AFGHAN DEAL VITAL
By PATRICK QUINN Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, who commands the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul,…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Pakistani guards search a car outside the U. S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The State Department warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan…
US, RUSSIA SHOW BRAVE FACE DESPITE TATTERED TIES
By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question from a reporter during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington,…
YEMEN’S GOVERNMENT SAYS IT FOILED AL-QAIDA PLOTS
By AHMED AL-HAJ A policeman checks a car at the entrance of Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at…
EGYPT SAYS DIPLOMACY HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE CRISIS
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds his posters with Arabic writing which reads ” Yes for legality,” during a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque,…