UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in…
Military and defense
NORTH KOREA VOWS TO RESTART NUCLEAR FACILITIES
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon…
YEMENIS DEMAND RELEASE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
By AHMED AL-HAJ Yemeni women hold photos of their relatives detained in Guantanamo Bay prison during a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy demanding their release, in Sanaa, Yemen,…
RUBIO: REPORTS OF IMMIGRATION DEAL ‘PREMATURE’
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this March 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican Party’s search for a way…
VETERANS FIGHT CHANGES TO DISABILITY PAYMENTS
By KEVIN FREKING In this March 24, 2013 photo, former Marine Corps Cpl. Marshall Archer, left, a veterans’ liaison for the city of Portland, Maine, speaks to a man on…
US COMMANDOS HAND OVER TROUBLED AREA TO AFGHANS
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo a member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts…
ANALYSIS: NKOREA THREAT MAY BE MORE BARK THAN BITE
By JEAN H. LEE University students punch the air as they march through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of…
BUDGET CUTS BORDER SECURITY, IMMIGRANT DETENTION
By CRISTINA SILVA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2013 file photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton speaks during a news conference at…