SUICIDE BOMBER HITS IRAQ SUNNI FUNERAL, KILLING 16
By SAMEER N. YACOUB People evacuate a victim at the scene of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A…
War and unrest
KENYAN FORCES LAUNCH ASSAULT TO END HOSTAGE SIEGE
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist…
A LOOK AT MAJOR TERROR ATTACKS IN EAST AFRICA
Associated Press FILE – In this Friday, Aug. 7, 1998 file photo, rescue workers carry Susan Francisca Murianki, a U.S. Embassy office worker, over the rubble of a collapsed building…
SRI LANKA’S WAR-HIT TAMILS VOTE FOR WIDER AUTONOMY
By KRISHAN FRANCIS A Sri Lankan man cycles with a boy a day after the northern provincial council election in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A former political…
SUICIDE ATTACK ON PAKISTANI CHURCH KILLS 75 PEOPLE
By RIAZ KHAN Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide…
39 DEAD IN KENYA MALL ATTACK; HOSTAGES STILL HELD
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Civilians who had been hiding inside during the gun battle manage to flee from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.…
ISRAEL: PALESTINIAN ABDUCTS, KILLS ISRAELI SOLDIER
By IAN DEITCH A Palestinian boy walks by shadows cast by members of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam militia, the military wing of Hamas during a march in Nuseirat Refugee…
ANALYSIS: UN MAY SEE BIG ACTION ON SYRIA, IRAN
By STEVEN R. HURST This combination made with file photos shows, from left, President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After…