S. SUDAN GOV’T LOSES CONTROL OF PROVINCE CAPITAL
By CHARLTON DOKI and TOM ODULA Choul Laam, the chief of staff for the secretary general for the ruling Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement speaks during a press conference in Nairobi,…
Military and defense
PUTIN TO PARDON JAILED TYCOON KHODORKOVSKY
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Vladimir Putin Russian President…
SNOWDEN: NSA’S INDISCRIMINATE SPYING ‘COLLAPSING’
By BRADLEY BROOKS FILE – This June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden wrote…
NEW JAPAN SECURITY PLAN FOC– USES ON ISLAND DISPUTE
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan’s upper house lawmaker Yosuke Isozaki, a special adviser to Abe on security affairs, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 17,…
INDIAN OFFICIAL: DIPLOMAT’S ARREST IN NYC BARBARIC
Indian police remove barricades that had been erected as a safety measure outside the main entrance of U.S Embassy, reportedly in retaliation to the alleged mistreatment of New York-based Indian…
ISRAEL, LEBANON MOVE TO EASE TENSIONS
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli soldiers stand guard in Rosh Hanikra, Israel near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Israel’s army said Monday its troops shot…
MOSCOW: MISSILES IN WESTERN RUSSIA LEGITIMATE
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV FILE – In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo, Russian Iskander missiles make their way through Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military…
BUDGET DEAL MAY SIGNAL ERA OF TINY ACHIEVEMENTS
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, is joined by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, during a news…