MYANMAR MOB SWARMS CAR OF UN RIGHTS ENVOY
U.N. Human Rights envoy to Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana, speaks during a press conference before he departs from Yangon International Airport Wednesday, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, in Yangon, Myanmar. The…
War and unrest
SYRIAN ACTIVISTS CLAIM DEADLY ‘TOXIC GAS’ ATTACK
By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM This citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows…
US SANCTIONS ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN PAKISTAN
By RIAZ KHAN A Pakistani religious student looks at a religious book in the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The United States has placed unprecedented…
BALES FACES ANGRY AFGHANS AS SENTENCING CONTINUES
By GENE JOHNSON CORRECTS SPELLING OF ARTIST’S LAST NAME TO MILLETT INSTEAD OF MILLET – In this courtroom sketch, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, appears before Judge Col. Jeffery Nance…
EGYPT COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF MUBARAK
By SARAH EL DEEB FILE – In this Thursday, March 4, 2010 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addresses the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not…
DEMPSEY: SYRIAN REBELS WOULDN’T BACK US INTERESTS
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this July 18, 2013, file photo, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a photo of a deployed American…
ATTACKS IN HEZBOLLAH AREA TEST SUPPORTERS’ RESOLVE
BY ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE In this picture taken on Thursday August 15, 2013, A Lebanese citizen stand next to burned cars and shops at the site of a…
EGYPT QUESTIONS BROTHERHOOD’S TOP LEADER IN PRISON
By HAMZA HENDAWI In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Mohammed Badie, the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, is seen after being detained by Egyptian security in Cairo,…