OBAMA FRIEND OR FOE? MCCAIN CHARTS HIS COURSE
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican McCain is a walking contradiction,…
Military and defense
AFGHAN TROUBLES SPELL TOUGH START FOR HAGEL
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, Sunday,…
SYRIAN REBELS TREATED UN HOSTAGES LIKE ‘GUESTS’
By JIM GOMEZ CORRECTS DAY HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED TO SATURDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY- Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. gestures as he talks to reporters about…
AFGHAN BOMBERS STRIKE DURING US OFFICIAL’S VISIT
KIMBERLY DOZIER and RAHIM FAIEZ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel prepares to step aboard a C-17 military aircraft en route to Kabul, Afghanistan, after greeting U.S. troops stationed at Manas Air…
NICOLAS MADURO SWORN IN AS VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela’s acting president, using the occasion to launch blistering attacks on the U.S. as well as the political opposition,…
BIN LADEN SPOKESMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO PLOT
This image made available by Al-Jazeera shows Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and spokesman. Abu Ghaith has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, March 7,…
NORTH KOREA HIT BY NEW UN SANCTIONS AFTER TEST
By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North…