ROUHANI SAYS IRAN IS READY TO RESUME NUCLEAR TALKS
Iran’s new President Hasan Rouhani, waves after swearing in at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Iran’s new president on Sunday called on the West to abandon…
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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,…
AP INTERVIEW: MOUSSA ON EGYPT AFTER BROTHERHOOD
By JON GAMBRELL Amr Moussa, longtime Egyptian diplomat and former presidential contender, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. Moussa says the…
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…
IRAN’S ROUHANI APPOINTS REFORMIST AS TOP DEPUTY
Iran’s new President Hasan Rouhani, waves after swearing in at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Iran’s new president on Sunday called on the West to abandon…
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…
NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT VOWS SUPPORT FOR ASSAD
By BASSEM MROUE Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, sits in a meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as…
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,…