PHILIPPINES WARNS REBELS TO END HOSTAGE STANDOFF
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troopers aboard an Armored Personnel Carrier fire at Muslim rebels in an operation to rescue scores of hostages being used as human shields by the rebels…
War and unrest
HOW THE SYRIA PLAN BROKE THROUGH, JUST IN TIME
By CALVIN WOODWARD FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the…
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…
PAKISTANI TALIBAN, ARMY EXCHANGE PRISONERS
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Wednesday, July 31, 2002, Taliban supporter Muhammad Jaffer, right, is received by his unidentified relatives after his release from the Kot Lakhpat Jail…
9/11 ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH SOMBER TRIBUTES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rides with firefighters and first responders with the FDNY Motorcycle Club Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, from FDNY Rescue 1 headquarters to the…
MCCAIN: REBELS FIGHTING ASSAD FEEL ABANDONED BY US
Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reacts after the committee voted to accept his amendment as they consider the authorization for use of military force in Syria…
SUICIDE BOMBS HIT EGYPT MILITARY IN SINAI, KILL 9
By ASHRAF SWEILAM FILE – In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013, file photo, Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through…
LIBYA: CAR BOMB HITS FOREIGN MINISTRY IN BENGHAZI
By ESAM MOHAMED People gather to look at the site of a car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya’s Foreign…