EGYPT’S BROTHERHOOD VILIFIES ARMY AHEAD OF RALLIES
By SARAH EL DEEB In this image released by the Delegation of European Union in Egypt, Egyptian Minister of Defense, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with High Representative of the European…
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TOP IRAQ KURDISH PARTY WINS LOCAL LEGISLATURE VOTE
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA FILE – In this Sept. 21, 2013 file photo, An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her ballot in a regional election in Irbil, Iraq. The leading party in…
NETANYAHU: ISRAEL WON’T LET IRAN GET NUCLEAR ARMS
By EDITH M. LEDERER Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) UNITED…
GENERAL SAYS EGYPT SHOULD KEEP TO TRANSITION PLAN
By SARAH EL DEEB A supporter of Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hangs a poster with Arabic that reads, “Sissi you are a gift from God, your people are here…
UN: NEARLY 1,000 IRAQIS KILLED IN SEPTEMBER
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN FILE – in this Sept. 12, 2013 file photo, mourners grieve for a man killed Wednesday in a double bomb attack on a Shiite mosque while attending…
KEEP THE IRAN SANCTIONS, NETANYAHU URGES OBAMA
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30,…
WEAPONS EXPERTS KICK OFF COMPLEX SYRIA MISSION
By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM The convoy of a U.N. team of weapons inspectors, who concluded its almost week-long mission in Syria, arrive at Rafik Hariri international airport in…
UN: SYRIA REFUGEE CRISIS HURTING REGION’S ECONOMY
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Portuguese Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, right, shakes hands with US Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns, left, prior the High Level…