ISRAEL PM: SETTLERS TO RETURN TO CONTESTED HOME
Israeli soldiers stand in the settlement Shaarey Tikva in the West Bank, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, near the place where an Israeli soldier was killed. A Palestinian lured an Israeli…
Middle East
IRAN’S PRESIDENT URGES ‘INTERACTION’ AT UN
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, gives a speech during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept, 22, 2013. On the eve of landmark trip to gather alongside Western leaders,…
SUICIDE BOMBER HITS IRAQ SUNNI FUNERAL, KILLING 16
By SAMEER N. YACOUB People evacuate a victim at the scene of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A…
KENYAN FORCES LAUNCH ASSAULT TO END HOSTAGE SIEGE
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist…
MORTAR ROUND LANDS IN RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS
By JAMAL HALABY and JIM HEINTZ In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 photo, a Syrian child looks out from his home during heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar…
ISRAEL: PALESTINIAN ABDUCTS, KILLS ISRAELI SOLDIER
By IAN DEITCH A Palestinian boy walks by shadows cast by members of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam militia, the military wing of Hamas during a march in Nuseirat Refugee…
ANALYSIS: UN MAY SEE BIG ACTION ON SYRIA, IRAN
By STEVEN R. HURST This combination made with file photos shows, from left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After…
PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AFGHAN TALIBAN PRISONER
By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON FILE – This March 4, 2001, file photo shows Taliban’s then-Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Muttawakil, who served as foreign minister…