MORE THAN 160 KILLED AS SYRIAN REBELS TRY TO SIEGE
By DIAA HADID In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, Syrian civilians look for undamaged furniture, clothes and food in their homes destroyed during clashes between the Sunni-dominated Free…
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EGYPT PROSECUTOR REFERS MUBARAK TO NEW TRIAL
By SARAH EL DEEB Protesters against the Muslim Brotherhood, front, throw rocks towards supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Nasr City district in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013.…
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL FUELS ANGER, JITTERS IN MIDEAST
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. After feverishly trying to derail the international…
EGYPT EXPELS TURKISH AMBASSADOR, SCALES BACK TIES
By SARAH EL DEEB and SUZAN FRASER FILE — In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 file photo, released by the Egyptian Presidency, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, meets…
RUSSIAN FM LAVROV TO JOIN IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By JAMEY KEATEN and JOHN HEILPRIN Michael Mann, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, briefs the media outside a hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking…
EGYPT’S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BLASTS KERRY COMMENTS
By TONY G. GABRIEL and MARIAM RIZK Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi raise his posters and their hands with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of…
Israeli restaurant: Turn off phone, get discount
By ARON HELLER Diners sit in a restaurant in the village of Abu Ghosh, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. A restaurant owner in an Arab village…
A look at Iran nuclear sites from mine to reactor
By The Associated Press In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers…