IRAQ TRIES NOVEL WAYS TO CURB RISING VIOLENCE
By SAMEER N. YACOUB In this picture taken on Sept. 9, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers guard a moat surrounding the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north…
Social issues
DOMINICAN CARDINAL: VATICAN WILL PROBE EX-ENVOY
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ This March 15, 2013 photo shows Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic will…
RUSSIA MAY UP IRAN ARMS SALES IF US STRIKES SYRIA
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 file photo, Russian air defense missile systems are displayed at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky…
THE NSA MACHINE: TOO BIG FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND
By MATT APUZZO FILE – NSA’s Utah Data Center is shown in this Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo taken in Bluffdale, Utah. Newly declassified documents released Tuesday Sept. 10,…
CONGRESS HONORS BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING VICTIMS
By ANDREW MIGA President and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Lawrence Pijeaux, front, lays on a table the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously awarded in honor of Addie Mae…
BILLIE JEAN KING CELEBRATES 40TH AHEAD OF 70TH
By MELISSA MURPHY FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, tennis great Billie Jean King attends the premiere of a Netflix original series “Lilyhammer” at the Crosby Street…
TRIAL STARTS FOR KENYA DEPUTY PRESIDENT RUTO
By MIKE CORDER Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, right, awaits the start of his trial in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept.…
FILIPINO REBELS HOLD HOSTAGES AS HUMAN SHIELDS
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troops take their positions as about 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, held scores of hostages as human shields…