EGYPT’S LEADERSHIP DENOUNCES ‘FOREIGN PRESSURE’
By MAGGIE MICHAEL This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed Elbaradei, left, meets with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, center, in Cairo, Egypt,…
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US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
TOP US OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS EMBASSY THREAT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. officials met Saturday to review the threat of a terrorist attack that led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the…
AFRICAN LEADERS WANT DISPUTED SOMALI CITY ANNEXED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn, front left, walks with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, centre, and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, right, as they attend the closing meeting for…
NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT VOWS SUPPORT FOR ASSAD
By BASSEM MROUE Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, sits in a meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as…
MALI PRESIDENTIAL RACE GOES TO RUNOFF
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Supporters of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita briefly celebrate as they watch the televised reading of election results, at Keita campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.…
SURVEILLANCE CRITICS FACE OBAMA IN OVAL OFFICE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this June 10, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Struggling to salvage a…
US: MIDEAST DEAL IN 9 MONTHS TARGET, NOT DEADLINE
A Palestinian villager works on his land that overlooks the Israeli settlement of Mattityahu, background, in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Pressing ahead…