Japan, Russia to keep talking territorial issue
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida prior to their meeting in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Japan and Russia…
Syria
Largest camp for Syrian refugees becoming a city
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, photo, Syrian refugees build a makeshift house at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syrian border in Jordan.…
Syria peace envoy: No talks without opposition
By ALBERT AJI UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks in a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Brahimi urged during his days-long visit to Damascus…
Kerry to Mideast, Europe on damage control mission
By MATTHEW LEE Secretary of State John Kerry speaks in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, during a ceremony to dedicate a bust of Winston…
Watchdog: Syria destroyed chemical arms equipment
By BASSEM MROUE FILE – In this photo released Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, samples brought back by the U.N. chemical weapons…
CHEMICAL WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN SYRIA MISS DEADLINE
By MIKE CORDER and RYAN LUCAS U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, center right, and Deputy Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrive to a hotel surrounded by security Monday, Oct. 28,…
UK’S HAGUE STRESSES SUPPORT FOR SYRIAN OPPOSITION
By LARA JAKES US Secretary of State John Kerry, fourth from right, attends a meeting Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, hosted by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, fourth from left, of…
SYRIAN PRESIDENT CASTS DOUBT ON PEACE CONFERENCE
By BASSEM MROUE and RYAN LUCAS In this photo, which AP obtained from Syrian official news agency SANA and which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP…