Kerry: US open to talks with Iran over Iraq
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony…
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Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Iraqi men board military trucks to join the Iraqi army at the main recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June. 14, 2014, after…
Iran’s president: Ready to help Iraq if asked
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will…
JORDANIANS WORRY ABOUT FALLOUT FROM MIDEAST PEACE
By JAMAL HALABY Jordanian lawmakers attend the second day of a heated debate on the U.S. push for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, under the domed parliament chamber…
KERRY: US WILL SUPPORT IRAQ, BUT WITHOUT TROOPS
By DEB RIECHMANN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Kerry is heading to…
RAPID FALL FOR ARMY GENERAL ACC– USED OF SEX CRIMES
By MICHAEL BIESECKER FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, file photo, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair leaves a Fort Bragg, N.C., courthouse after he deferred entering a…
AL-QAIDA SURGES BACK IN IRAQ, REVIVING OLD FEARS
By ADAM SCHRECK FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in…
AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother Abdul Qayyom Karzai registers his candidacy in next year’s presidential election at the independent election commission office in Kabul,…