EGYPT: 3 KILLED AS POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces fire tear gas to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi as they protest at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.…
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AL-QAIDA IN YEMEN APOLOGIZES FOR HOSPITAL ATTACK
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE – This Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 file photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry shows paramedics loading a victim into an ambulance after an explosion at the…
SYRIA LATEST MAGNET FOR JIHADIST SUICIDE BOMBERS
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH In this Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 photo, Mohammed Siddeh, 52, at his workshop in Russeifa, outside Amman, Jordan, holds a picture of his son,…
FRENCH BID TO DISARM AFRICAN MILITIAS A CHALLENGE
French troops wait for French President Francois Hollande to address the troops during a stopover from South Africa in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Two French soldiers…
YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER KILLED OUTSIDE HOME IN LEBANON
This undated photo released by the Hezbollah Media Relation Office on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2013, shows Hassan al-Laqis, described by Hezbollah as one of the founding members of the group…
ISLAMIC MILITANTS ATTACK NIGERIAN AIR FORCE BASE
By HARUNA UMAR File – In this file photo taken Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, Nigerian soldiers ride in an armored car during a Eid al-Fitr celebration in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Hundreds…
SOMALI POLICE STRUGGLE TO STOP DEADLY ATTACKS
By ABDI GULED In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, a Somali policeman searches people for explosives and other weapons at a road junction in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia.…