HAMAS RE-ELECTS MASHAAL AS ITS LEADER
By SARAH EL DEEB and KARIN LAUB FILE – In this this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, center, attends his father’s funeral at a Mosque in…
War and unrest
NKOREA’S PARLIAMENT MEETS AMID NUCLEAR TENSION
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM A South Korean marine sits on a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of…
ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ATTACK TIMBUKTU IN NORTH MALI
By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACH FILE In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali. Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle…
US COMMANDOS HAND OVER TROUBLED AREA TO AFGHANS
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo a member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts…
ANALYSIS: NKOREA THREAT MAY BE MORE BARK THAN BITE
By JEAN H. LEE University students punch the air as they march through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of…
BOSNIA: MAN SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS FOR WAR CRIMES
By AIDA CERKEZ In this screen grab taken from video, provided by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Veselin Vlahovic, during his sentencing in court, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
40 YEARS ON, VIETNAM TROOP WITHDRAWAL REMEMBERED
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA CORNWELL FILE – In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance…
AP INTERVIEW: EGYPT SAYS IRANIAN POSE NO RISK
By MARIAM EZZAT Egypt’s minister of tourism, Hesham Zaazoua, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, March 28, 2013. Egypt’s tourism minister…