KERRY IN ISRAEL FOR NEW ROUND OF MIDEAST TALKS
By DEB RIECHMANN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands before a meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan.…
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ISRAEL OFFICIAL: JORDAN VALLEY MUST REMAIN BORDER
By KARIN LAUB Israeli settlers gather during a visit of Israeli politicians at Gitit settlement in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. A senior Israeli Cabinet minister…
A LOOK AT SOUTH SUDAN, YOUNG BUT RESTIVE COUNTRY
A displaced woman makes tea for others inside a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in Juba, South Sudan Friday,…
RADICAL PREACHER GOES ON TRIAL IN JORDAN
By JAMAL HALABY FILE – In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Radical al-Qaida-linked preacher Abu Qatada is driven away after being refused bail at a hearing at London’s…
Uganda warns that M23 Congo rebels could regroup
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27…
Tajik leader set to expand 20-year rule in vote
By OLGA TUTUBALINA FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Emomali Rakhmon, President of Tajikistan, gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in…
Japan, Russia agree to expand defense ties
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, second from left, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, pose with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, second from right, and Defense Minister…
Officials: US drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader
By RASOOL DAWAR and KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur…