Sunni fighters expand offensive in western Iraq
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Volunteers of the newly formed “Peace Brigades” participate in a parade in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 21,…
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$40M settlement reported in Central Park rape case
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – This 1990 file photo provided by Sundance Selects shows accused rapist Yusef Salaam, second right, being escorted by police in New York in 1990. Salaam…
What’s next for Libya suspect, on ship and beyond?
By ERIC TUCKER and NANCY BENAC This undated image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who…
Israel chooses veteran hard-liner as president
By TIA GOLDENBERG Newly elected Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, right, raises a toast with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June, 10, 2014.…
Russian, Ukrainian leaders meet in Normandy
BY LORI HINNANT and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko, left, walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin during the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day in Ouistreham, western…
Thailand’s junta bans all anti-coup protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers form a line while guarding a bus stop area to prevent an anti-coup demonstration at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hundreds…
Witnesses give account of how Thai coup unfolded
By TODD PITMAN and THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers patrol near the Army Club before former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives to report to Thailand’s ruling military in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday,…
GERMAN GOVERNMENT DISPUTE OVER CHILD PORN PROBE
FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2014 file photo German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel from the Social Democrats and Chancellor Angela Merkel, from left, attend a session at the German…