Tag: World

Congress to sanction Iran if negotiations fail

Ethan Barton · March 29, 2015 5:01 pm

Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir speaks during a news conference. Al-Jubeir says his country began airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who drove out the U.S.-backed Yemeni president.

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Conflict in Yemen is not a proxy war: Saudi official

Ethan Barton · March 29, 2015 3:18 pm

In this image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, March 28, 2015, which is consistent with AP reporting, a fighter from Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front holds his group flag in Idlib province, north Syria. (AP Photo/Nusra Front on Twitter)

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Major Syrian city falls to al Qaeda-led forces

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 9:27 pm

Smoke rises from central Tikrit as Iraqi security forces attack Islamic State extremist positions in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Â (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

National Security

18 airstrikes hit Islamic State targets

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 8:35 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, 2nd left, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, 2nd right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, wait at the start of a meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday March 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Negotiators closing in on Iran deal

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 5:47 pm

In this Thursday March 26, 2015 file photo, rescue workers inspect the debris from the Germanwings jet at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

National Security

Pilot sought treatment for vision issues before crash

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 4:16 pm

A Yemeni man carries a box of ammunition he took from a military depot in Aden, Yemen, Friday, March 27, 2015. Shiite rebels, known as the Houthis, has seized the city since Wednesday. Looters have then taken weapons and ammunition from two abandoned army camps. (AP Photo/Yassir Hassan)

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UN calls for negotiations as Yemen crisis worsens

Jennifer Peebles · March 28, 2015 3:27 pm

Damasak, which is on the border of Niger and close to Chad, was recaptured on March 16. (AP Photo)

Boko Haram abducts hundreds of Nigerians to use as shields

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 5:45 pm

In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew attends the Standard Chartered Singapore Forum in Singapore. Singapore's first and longest-serving prime minister Lee Kuan Yew died Monday, the prime minister's office said. He was 91. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Lee Kuan Yew, longtime leader of Singapore, dies at 91

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2015 9:01 pm

Law Introduced to Block Foreign Diplomats, U.N. Employees from Obamacare

Daniel Halper · March 18, 2015 12:15 pm

As long as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads Israel, no Palestinian state will exist. (AP Photo)

Benjamin Netanyahu: No Palestinian state as long as I am prime minister

Kelly Cohen · March 16, 2015 7:22 pm

Bill Clinton Praises Foreign Donations: ‘I Think It’s a Good Thing’

Daniel Halper · March 8, 2015 12:42 am