ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
Middle East
ISRAEL, ALLIES FEND OFF INTERNATIONAL CENSURE
By GEORGE JAHN Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, from left wait for…
US AND IRAN EYE DIPLOMATIC DEFROSTING AT UN
By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES In this Sept. 10, 2013 photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during…
EXPLOSION HITS SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, KILLING 18
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Map locates Samarra, Iraq mosque bombings; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm; BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs hidden inside air conditioners exploded Friday in…
PALESTINIAN ENVOY BLASTS ISRAEL CLAIM IN WEST BANK
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH FILE – In this Nov. 26, 2007 file photo, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. Erekat said Thursday, Sept.…
EGYPT TROOPS STORM ISLAMIST STRONGHOLD NEAR CAIRO
By AHMED ABDEL-FATTAH and MOHAMMED WAGDY Egyptian security forces help the lifeless body of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag, center, who was killed after unidentified militants opened fire on security…
MCCAIN SLAMS PUTIN IN OPINION PIECE FOR PRAVDA
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, walk to a closed-door briefing on Syria with Secretary…
WHY IS FRANCE PUSHING SO HARD ON SYRIA?
By JAMEY KEATEN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague,…