AL-QAIDA SURGES BACK IN IRAQ, REVIVING OLD FEARS
By ADAM SCHRECK FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in…
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AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother Abdul Qayyom Karzai registers his candidacy in next year’s presidential election at the independent election commission office in Kabul,…
AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan men offer funeral prayers near the bodies of civilians killed in a NATO air strike, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul,…
UN: NEARLY 1,000 IRAQIS KILLED IN SEPTEMBER
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN FILE – in this Sept. 12, 2013 file photo, mourners grieve for a man killed Wednesday in a double bomb attack on a Shiite mosque while attending…
NIGERIA: MILITANTS KILL STUDENTS IN COLLEGE ATTACK
By ADAMU ADAMU and MICHELLE FAUL EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT : In this image taken with a mobile phone, rescue workers and family members gather to identify the shrouded bodies…
AFGHAN OFFICIAL, 2 NATO TROOPS DIE IN ATTACKS
By RAHIM FAIEZ A member of the Afghan security forces secures the area at the scene of an explosion with a destroyed police car behind, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept.…
BOMBINGS KILL 58 IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL IRAQ
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new…
FILIPINO TROOPS ATTACK TO END REBEL STANDOFF
By BULLIT MARQUEZ A government trooper aims his rifle as fighting continues with Muslim rebels Saturday Sept. 14, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. The Muslim rebels holding more…