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,…
Middle East
SHELLS HIT DAMASCUS AREA AS ASSAD ATTENDS PRAYERS
By ALBERT AJI and BARBARA SURK In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, third right in front row, alongside Syria’s grand mufti, second…
PACIFIC FLEET’S SUBMARINE FORCE GETS NEW COMMANDER
By AUDREY McAVOY Rear Adm. James Frank Caldwell, Jr. receives a lei from Tammy Dureg, a fellow member of the Honolulu Pearl Canoe Club, after a U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine…
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…
ACTIVISTS: SYRIAN TROOPS AMBUSH REBELS, KILL 62
By BASSEM MROUE FILE – In this June 18, 2013 file photo, citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and…
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,…
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…
A LOOK AT AL-QAIDA IN ARABIAN PENINSULA
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2010 file image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group on Monday, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video…