UKRAINE PROSECUTORS: 2 DEAD MEN HIT BY LIVE AMMO
By YURAS KARMANAU and MARIA DANILOVA A police officer beats a protester during clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Police in Ukraineís capital on Wednesday tore down…
Sergey Lavrov
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…
SYRIA PROPOSES ALEPPO CEASE-FIRE, PRISONER SWAP
By ZEINA KARAM and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem enter a hall hand in hand for their talks in Moscow, Russia,…
RUSSIA: ASSAD MULLING OPEN HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
By LARA JAKES and LORI HINNANT US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center,…
WESTERN ENVOYS URGE KIEV TO RESPECT HUGE PROTESTS
By JIM HEINTZ Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, right, along with Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, addresses the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s ministerial council summit in Kiev, Ukraine,…
RUSSIA: IRAN DEAL ENDS NEED FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. NATO foreign ministers…
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL FUELS ANGER, JITTERS IN MIDEAST
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. After feverishly trying to derail the international…
RUSSIAN FM LAVROV TO JOIN IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By JAMEY KEATEN and JOHN HEILPRIN Michael Mann, Spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, briefs the media outside a hotel where closed-door talks on Iran’s nuclear program are taking…