A LOOK AT SOUTH SUDAN, YOUNG BUT RESTIVE COUNTRY
A displaced woman makes tea for others inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday,…
Peace process
AFRICAN LEADERS IN SOUTH SUDAN FOR PEACE TALKS
By JASON STRAZIUSO and RODNEY MUHUMUZA In this photo released by the Kenyan Presidential Press Service, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, middle, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, right, and Kenyan…
POPE’S CHRISTMAS WISH: HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday,…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION GETS LESSONS IN NEGOTIATING
By MIKE CORDER FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes…
PAKISTAN PM IN KABUL DISCUSSES TALIBAN, ENERGY
By PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Sharif said Saturday…
UN: Syrian government and opposition to meet
By JOHN HEILPRIN Russian deputy Foreign Ministers Mikhail Bogdanov, background 3rd left, and Gennady Gatilov, center, arrive for a meeting with UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and…
PAKISTANI DRONE PROTESTERS BLOCK NATO SUPPLY ROUTE
By RIAZ KHAN Supporters of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party, headed by cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, wave their party’s flag while burning a representation of a U.S. flag during a protest against…
Israel, Gulf in ‘strange alliance’ against Iran
By BRIAN MURPHY FILE-In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud,…