MISSILE PLAN CHANGES MAY PROVIDE OPENING FOR TALKS
By DESMOND BUTLER Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to…
Middle East
FRANCE READY TO ARM SYRIAN REBELS
By RAF CASERT French President Francois Hollande, right, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state…
UN, JORDAN TO TACKLE CRIME IN SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP
By DALE GAVLAK The U.N. refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Guterres, warns of an “explosion” in the Middle…
ISRAELI PRESIDENT: IRAN IS WORLD’S GREATEST DANGER
Israeli President Shimon Peres delivers his statement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Peres has been traveling between Brussels, Paris and Strasbourg to meet…
SYRIAN REBELS TREATED UN HOSTAGES LIKE ‘GUESTS’
By JIM GOMEZ CORRECTS DAY HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED TO SATURDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY- Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. gestures as he talks to reporters about…
BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO PLOT
This image made available by Al-Jazeera shows Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and spokesman. Abu Ghaith has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, March 7,…
OFFICIALS: BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN CAUGHT IN JORDAN
By LARA JAKES FILE – This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence…