KERRY MEETS ISRAELI LEADERS TO PUSH MIDEAST PEACE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday April 7, 2013.…
International relations
CHINA’S XI OFFERS TO REDUCE FRICTION OVER HOTSPOTS
By CHARLES HUTZLER China’s President Xi Jinping, center back, walks to his seat as he arrives at the opening ceremony of the annual Boao Forum in Boao, in southern China’s…
MICKELSON, CONDI RICE ENGAGE IN GOLF DIPLOMACY
By DOUG FERGUSON Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to a group of Mississippi State University students, including first-generation college students, student veterans, and honors students, Tuesday, March 26,…
SIGNS OF TROUBLE AT IRAN NUKE TALKS
By GEORGE JAHN EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili walks away, after a photo call at a start…
SKOREA: NORTH KOREA MOVED MISSILE TO EAST COAST
By SAM KIM and HYUNG-JIN KIM A North Korean soldier watches the South Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in South Korea Thursday,…
CYPRUS TO BUILD GAS PLANT WITH OR WITHOUT ISRAEL
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides, right, and the Foreign minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, speak to the media in Nicosia, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Bildt…
US EMBASSY IN CAIRO DELETES TWEET ON JON STEWART
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, Jon Stewart speaks during a taping of “The Daily Show with John Stewart”, in New York. The U.S.…
OFFICIALS: KERRY TO TRAVEL TO MIDEAST THIS WEEKEND
By BRADLEY KLAPPER U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, on…