Talks over Iran’s disputed nuke program hit a snag
By MATTHEW LEE and JOHN HEILPRIN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, arrives for a meeting with European Union’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton before a second day of…
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Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap
By ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Feb. 24, 2012, file photo,Turkish journalists holding photographs of their colleagues who lost their lives in Syria recently, from left, Anthony Shadid, Remi…
A look at some journalists missing in Syria
FILE – In this November 2012, file photo, posted on the website freejamesfoley.org, shows missing journalist James Foley while covering the civil war in Aleppo, Syria. American freelance journalist Foley…
Yemen: 5 al-Qaida suspects killed in drone strikes
By AHMED AL-HAJ A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint in a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. A spokesman for an ultraconservative Muslim movement said…
Kerry: Still differences in Iran nuclear talks
By GEORGE JAHN and JOHN HEILPRIN US Secretary of State John Kerry smiles as he arrives at Geneva International airport, Switzerland Friday Nov. 8, 2013 for closed-door nuclear talks at…
Blatter: Qatar World Cup should be Jan-Feb
FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter listens during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Thursday Nov. 7, 2013. Blatter is saying he has urged Iranian authorities to open the gate on…
Islamists protest in Egypt over detained women
By TONY G. GABRIEL and MARIAM RIZK Supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi raise their arms during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)…
Syrian opposition refuses Moscow talks
By BASSEM MROUE and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media after his talks with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 8,…