US businessman Mike Zaltsman jailed in Russia over broken window
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH and NATALIYA VASILYEVA Last year, he tried to bring NFL superstar Tim Tebow to Moscow to play for his American football team on a $1 million-per-game contract.…
Oil and gas industry
Oil price steady as investors eye Iraq conflict
By The Associated Press FILE – In this June 22, 2008 file photo, Iraqi police officers protecting oil installations secure an oil pipeline from the Rumailah refinery, north of Basra,…
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,…
Iraq: al-Maliki’s rivals jockey to replace him
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA FILE – This Dec. 3, 2011 file photo shows Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki talks during an interview with The Associated Press in…
EU POISED TO SUSPEND SOME SANCTIONS ON IRAN
BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Putin credited…
ABE HEADS TO AFRICA TO BOOST JAPAN’S PROFILE
By KEN MORITSUGU Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and his wife Akie wave as they depart for Africa, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Abe is…
SAFETY QUESTIONS AFTER ND OIL TRAIN DERAILMENT
By DAVE KOLPACK and JAMES MacPHERSON A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil…
S SUDAN REBELS TAKE MOST OF STRATEGIC CITY OF BOR
By JASON STRAZIUSO The United States special envoy to South Sudan Donald Booth speaks to the media, as U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan D. Page, left, listens in Juba,…