Pope leads silent prayer for migrant desert dead
Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he delivered from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, on he occasion of All Saints Day, at…
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Iran ‘hopeful’ about next week’s nuclear talks
Tehran Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano shake hands prior to a meeting at the International Center…
Snowden seeks world’s help against US charges
By GEIR MOULSON and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Opposition Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele, shows a letter to the media, he claims he received from Edward Snowden, prior to a press conference in…
Syria peace envoy: No talks without opposition
By ALBERT AJI UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks in a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Brahimi urged during his days-long visit to Damascus…
US envoy: Afghan reconciliation effort began late
By GREGORY KATZ Abdul Latif, 57, an Afghan man, prays on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. The hill is known for the cemetery of the…
Why spy on allies? Even good friends keep secrets
By NANCY BENAC FILE – In this Sept. 6, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama walks with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel toward a group photo outside of the Konstantin Palace…
Thousands protest in Greece over planned new tax
By DEREK GATOPOULOS A man on a wheelchair holds a banner reading in Greek “State benefit policy harms our health” takes part in an anti-austerity demonstration in central Athens, on…
After unity, some Democrats push back on Obama
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Just two…