SUSPECT IN CANADA TERROR PLOT DENIES CHARGES
By ROB GILLIES and BENJAMIN SHINGLER In this courtroom sketch, Raed Jaser appears in court in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Jaser, 35, and Chehib Esseghaier, 30, were arrested…
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HAGEL: ISRAEL, US SEE ‘EXACTLY SAME’ IRAN THREAT
By ROBERT BURNS Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, escorts United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon into the Pentagon as Ban Ki-moon arrives for an honor cordon, Thursday, April 18, 2013.…
THOUSANDS OF PAKISTANIS HOMELESS AFTER QUAKE
By ABDUL SATTAR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT People evacuate buildings and call their relatives after a tremor of an earthquake was felt in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A major…
HEZBOLLAH-BACKED LEBANESE SHIITES FIGHT IN SYRIA
By BASSEM MROUE In this Friday, April 12, 2013 photo, members of the Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees stand guard at the Lebanon-Syria border, near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr,…
AL-QAIDA LEADER URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE IN STRUGGLE
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE — In this undated file frame grab from video provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, shows Al-Qaida’s leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in a…
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…
US RESTRAINT IN SYRIA COULD AID IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By LARA JAKES FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem,…
UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in…