IN REBUKE, OBAMA CANCELS MOSCOW SUMMIT WITH PUTIN
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this June 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin get up to leave after their meeting in Enniskillen, Northern…
International relations
EGYPT’S LEADERSHIP DENOUNCES ‘FOREIGN PRESSURE’
By MAGGIE MICHAEL This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei, left, meets with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, center, in Cairo, Egypt,…
US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
TOP US OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS EMBASSY THREAT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. officials met Saturday to review the threat of a terrorist attack that led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the…
AFRICAN LEADERS WANT DISPUTED SOMALI CITY ANNEXED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn, front left, walks with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, centre, and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, right, as they attend the closing meeting for…
EGYPT WARNS PRO-MORSI PROTESTERS TO LEAVE SIT-IN
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a banner with Morsi’s image, during a march against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Nasr City,…
NEW US PENALTIES WILL GREET IRAN’S NEW LEADER
By BRADLEY KLAPPER In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to…
CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
By DIDI TANG U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights…