SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
National governments
BERLUSCONI AGREES TO HELP RIVAL LEADER IN ITALY
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Democratic Party head Matteo Renzi arrives to his party headquarters for a meeting with former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. Renzi, who…
ANALYSIS: CONGRESS AIMS TO FIX BUSTED BUDGETING
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – This Jan. 25, 1988 file photo shows President Ronald Reagan holding up 14-pound continuing resolution for the budget, part of a total package weighing 43-pounds,…
TRANSPORTATION SEC’Y UPBEAT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
By JOAN LOWY Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Transportation Department in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Americans spend a total of…
HASINA SWORN IN FOR 3RD TIME AS BANGLADESH PM
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, left, administers the oath to Bangladesh’i Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, right, during her swearing in ceremony in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2013. Hasina was sworn…
BODY OF ISRAEL’S ARIEL SHARON LIES IN STATE
By ARON HELLER Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Knesset plaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Sharon, the…
BANGKOK BRACES AS THAI PROTESTERS SET FOR SHUTDOWN
By GRANT PECK and JINDA WEDEL Anti-government protesters wave clapping tools and blow whistles during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Thailand’s capital…
ARIEL SHARON, FORMER ISRAELI PM, DIES AT 85
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this Wednesday Feb. 7, 2001 file photo, Ariel Sharon, then Israel’s Prime Minister-elect, looks up as he touches Judaism holiest site, the Western Wall,…