KEEP THE IRAN SANCTIONS, NETANYAHU URGES OBAMA
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30,…
Peace process
WEAPONS EXPERTS KICK OFF COMPLEX SYRIA MISSION
By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM The convoy of a U.N. team of weapons inspectors, who concluded its almost week-long mission in Syria, arrive at Rafik Hariri international airport in…
FIGHTING FLARES BETWEEN MALI ARMY, REBELS IN KIDAL
By BABA AHMED FILE – In this July 27, 2013 file photo, Malian Tuareg soldiers loyal to Col. Major El-Hadj Gamou listen during a visit by Mali’s army chief of…
TURKEY UNVEILS REFORMS, SOME AIMED AT KURDS
By DESMOND BUTLER and SUZAN FRASER FILE – In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan is…
JACKSON STILL HOPEFUL FOR CAPTIVE US MAN’S RELEASE
By PETER ORSI Rev. Jesse Jackson talks with journalists after a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba,…
IRAN’S PRESIDENT TONES DOWN ANTI-ISRAEL RHETORIC
By LARA JAKES Hasan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Brendan McDermid, Pool)…
SUICIDE ATTACK ON PAKISTANI CHURCH KILLS 75 PEOPLE
By RIAZ KHAN Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide…
PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AFGHAN TALIBAN PRISONER
By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON FILE – This March 4, 2001, file photo shows Taliban’s then-Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Muttawakil, who served as foreign minister…