Lara Jakes

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Members of Iraq's Hezbollah Brigades carry the coffin of a Shiite fighter, Methaq Najm Abdullah, during a funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Three Iraqi Shiite fighters were killed in Syria a few days ago, Iraq Hezbollah Brigades officials said on Thursday. (AP Photo)

US sanctions 4 Hezbollah militants across Mideast

Lara Jakes · August 22, 2013 9:15 pm

Children inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. A wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed and wounded dozens of people, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. More than 3,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears Iraq could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq seeks help from US amid growing violence

Lara Jakes · August 16, 2013 10:10 pm

A Jordanian military vehicle drives around the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, one of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa ordered closed following terror threats. Far from being on the brink of breakdown, al-Qaidaâs core leadership remains a potent threat _ and one that experts say has encouraged the terror networkâs spread into more countries today than it was immediately after 9/11. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

As al-Qaida grows, leaders remain a global threat

Lara Jakes · August 7, 2013 9:38 pm

Court would hear opposing views in spy cases

Lara Jakes · July 25, 2013 6:50 pm

Secret court OKs continued US phone surveillance

Lara Jakes · July 19, 2013 10:13 pm

Hayden: Open spy programs to reassure US public

Lara Jakes · June 30, 2013 3:15 pm

Arctic states open council to China, India, SKorea

Lara Jakes · May 16, 2013 2:09 am

Critics lukewarm on US plans in Arctic

Lara Jakes · May 13, 2013 5:24 pm

Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot

Lara Jakes · May 10, 2013 10:30 pm

Icy Arctic rising as economic, security hot spot

Lara Jakes · May 10, 2013 10:28 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday, April 13, 2013. The question of how Washington can persuade Beijing to exert real pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unpredictable regime is front and center as Kerry meets Saturday with Chinese leaders in Beijing. (AP Photo/Yohsuke Mizuno, Pool)

Goal of nuclear-free NKorea tests US, China ties

Lara Jakes, Bradley Klapper · April 13, 2013 4:00 am

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. Clapper delivered the U.S. intelligence community's overview of global threats posed by terrorism, cyberattacks, weapons of mass destruction, the months-long civil war in Syria and the unsettled situation in post-Arab Spring nations.

Erratic North Korea poses serious threat

Lara Jakes, Donna Cassata · March 12, 2013 4:00 am