Interview: Gorbachev says US was short-sighted on Soviets
By KATE DE PURY and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV As the Soviet Union was breaking up 25 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev expected the United States and its Western allies to provide vital…
Mikhail Gorbachev
NATO boosts support for countries battling Islamic extremism
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG NATO allies agreed Saturday to provide increased military support to countries in the Middle East and North Africa that are targets of Islamic…
BUSINESSMAN, JEWISH ADVOCATE BRONFMAN DIES
FILE – In this Aug. 11, 1999 file photo, President Clinton, right, awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Edgar M. Bronfman at a ceremony…
In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises
By DIAA HADID This Oct. 14, 2013 photo provided by the St. Paul’s and St. George’s Foundation shows workers preparing to install a statue of Jesus on Mount Sednaya, Syria.…
NOBEL LAUREATES CALL FOR END TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS
US actress Sharon Stone,left, receives the Nobel Peace laureates summit Peace Prize from the Dalai Lama in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. Stone was awarded in recognition of her…
DAVID FROST, KNOWN FOR NIXON INTERVIEW, DIES
By SYLVIA HUI File – Former US President Richard M. Nixon, right, with broadcaster David Frost in California in this 1977 file photo. Sir David Frost has died at the…
GORBACHEV SEES GLOBAL FAILURE TO ADDRESS ECO-RISKS
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this March 30, 2013 file picture former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks during his open lecture ”Does a man change history, or history change…
BRITAIN’S IRON LADY LAID TO REST WITH FULL POMP
By JILL LAWLESS and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD An overhead view of guests attending the ceremonial funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Wednesday April…