US-RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENT ON SYRIA WEAPONS
By MATTHEW LEE and JOHN HEILPRIN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday Sept.…
Middle East
BOMBING IN SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, ATTACKS KILL 33
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Blood stains the walls and debris is strewn throughout the inside of a Sunni mosque after a suicide bomber struck during Friday prayers in the village of…
CLASHES ERUPT IN EGYPT AS ISLAMISTS STAGE PROTESTS
By TONY G. GABRIEL and ASHRAF SWEILAM A woman showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters…
EGYPT’S MILITARY LAUNCHES NEW OFFENSIVE IN SINAI
By ASHRAF SWEILAM EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian soldiers backed by attack helicopters swept through several villages in the strategic Sinai peninsula early Friday, part of an offensive aimed at…
UN OFFICIAL: IRANIAN EXILES’ DEATHS A WAKE-UP CALL
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, members of Iranian exile group People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran leave Camp Ashraf in Khalis, north of Baghdad, Iraq. The remaining…
20 YEARS ON, OSLO ACCORDS PROMISE RINGS HOLLOW
By KARIN LAUB In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, a Palestinian man walks by a barrier separating the West Bank town of Abu Dis, from east Jerusalem with…
SYRIAN REBELS BLAST RUSSIAN OFFER ON CHEMICAL ARMS
By BASSEM MROUE In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes with Free Syrian…
EGYPT EXTENDS EMERGENCY LAWS
An Egyptian soldier stands guard next to an armored personnel carrier in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The Egyptian Amy has maintained a presence on the streets since the…