ISRAEL, LEBANON MOVE TO EASE TENSIONS
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli soldiers stand guard in Rosh Hanikra, Israel near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Israel’s army said Monday its troops shot…
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2 FRENCH SOLDIERS DIE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By KRISTA LARSON and JAMEY KEATEN A Christian mob attacks a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Two French soldiers were killed in combat in Central…
Separate attacks in Iraq kill 27
By SAMEER N. YACOUB A Sunni worshiper leaves the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque after he finds out it is closed at Azamiya area in north Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 23,…
India fears more militants as US quits Afghanistan
AIJAZ HUSSAIN and KATY DAIGLE FILE – In this Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 file photo, Indian army soldiers take position during a shooting near a military convoy on the outskirts…
Mozambique rebels sow fear in fresh uprising
By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 Mozambican military police prepare to patrol in Inchope, northern Mozambique. Inchope lies at the crossroads of the highway from…
Officials: US drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader
By RASOOL DAWAR and KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur…
PAKISTAN: 3 PERCENT OF DRONE DEATHS WERE CIVILIANS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and MUNIR AHMED FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit…
POLICE: ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 18 AFGHAN CIVILIANS
By RAHIM FAIEZ Relatives surround the dead body of a 10-year-old Afghan girl during her funeral on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. An Afghan official and…