KENYA RED CROSS: 22 DEAD IN UPSCALE MALL ATTACK
By JASON STRAZIUSO People run from the Westgate Mall, an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday Sept. 21 2013, where shooting erupted when armed men staged an attack. A…
War and unrest
ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
GREENPEACE SHIP IN RUSSIAN ARCTIC TOWED TO PORT
By LAURA MILLS In this image released by environmental organization Greenpeace, a Russian Coast guard officer, right, points a gun at a Greenpeace International activist, left in yellow uniform, as…
EXPLOSION HITS SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, KILLING 18
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Map locates Samarra, Iraq mosque bombings; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm; BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombs hidden inside air conditioners exploded Friday in…
OFFICIAL: 143 KILLED BY EXTREMISTS IN NIGERIA
By HARUNA UMAR FILE – In this Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo Nigerian soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria. An…
EGYPT TROOPS STORM ISLAMIST STRONGHOLD NEAR CAIRO
By AHMED ABDEL-FATTAH and MOHAMMED WAGDY Egyptian security forces help the lifeless body of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag, center, who was killed after unidentified militants opened fire on security…
BANGLADESH OPPOSITION PROTESTS WAR CRIMES VERDICT
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans during a rally against a strike called by Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Jamaat-e-Islami…
WHY IS FRANCE PUSHING SO HARD ON SYRIA?
By JAMEY KEATEN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks with French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague,…