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  1. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks to his car after arriving at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 15. Larry Downing / AP

    Kerry warns Syria: 'Threat of force is real'

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday sent a strong warning to Syria, saying 'the threat of force is real' if it does not carry out an internationally brokered agreement to hand over its chemical weapons.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  2. President Obama reaches to shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 5. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    Obama: Russia doesn't share U.S. 'values' in Syria

    President Obama says a U.S.-Russian agreement offers a chance to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and promises to end the threat they pose to Syrians and the world.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  3. An Iraqi army soldier stands guard as policemen inspect the site of a car bomb attack at a market in Basra, Iraq, on Sept. 15. Nabil al-Jurani / AP

    At least 48 die in Iraq bombings

    A new wave of insurgent attacks in Iraq, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-majority cities in the center and south of the country, killed at least 48 people on Sunday, officials said.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  4. Pakistani Taliban issue demands before peace talks

    The Pakistani Taliban demanded Sunday that the government release militant prisoners and begin withdrawing troops from the group's tribal sanctuary before they participate in peace talks, raising doubts about prospects for negotiations.

    • Sep. 15, 2013
  5. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, deliver statements Sept. 14 in Geneva, Switzerland. Kerry and Lavrov said Saturday they have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical weapons. Martial Trezzini / AP

    U.S.-Russia reach agreement on Syria weapons

    After days of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia reached agreement Saturday on a framework to secure and destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 and impose U.N. penalties if the Assad government fails to comply.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  6. 3 Afghans die as car bomber targets NATO troops

    An official said a suicide car bomber apparently aiming to hit a NATO-Afghan convoy near the southern city of Kandahar blew up early, killing at least three civilians.

    • Sep. 14, 2013
  7. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, U.N. Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, attend a press conference after their meeting Friday at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Kerry and Lavrov say the prospects for a resumption in the Syria peace process are riding on the outcome of their chemical weapons talks. ( Martial Trezzini / AP

    Kerry: Syria peace prospects ride on weapons talks

    Sec. John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday the prospects for resuming the Syrian peace process are riding on the outcome of U.S.-Russian talks aimed at securing Syria's chemical weapons.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  8. Bombing in Sunni mosque in Iraq, attacks kill 33

    A bomb hidden inside an air conditioner exploded Friday at a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, the deadliest in a series of attacks in Iraq that killed 33 people, officials said.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  9. U.N.: Report will show chemical weapons use in Syria

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he believes there will be 'an overwhelming report' from U.N. inspectors that chemical weapons were used in an attack in Syria on Aug. 21.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  10. This Jan. 21, 2010 file photo shows 105mm shells containing mustard agent that are stored in a bunker at the Army's Pueblo Chemical Storage facility in Pueblo, Colo. Three decades after the United States started destroying its own chemical weapons, the nation's stockpile stands at more than 3,000 tons — about three times what the U.S. now says Syrian President Bashar Assad controls. Ed Andrieski / AP

    In U.S. arsenal, lessons for Syria chemical weapons

    It's not easy or quick to get rid of a nation's chemical weapons. Just ask the United States.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  11. U.N. official: Iranian exiles' deaths a wake-up call

    The killing of dozens of members of an Iranian dissident group that the Iraqi government wants out of the country should be 'a wake-up call' to the international community, the acting U.N.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  12. Afghan security personnel investigate the site of a suicide car bombing and a gunfight Friday near the U.S. consulate in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Hoshang Hashimi / AP

    Afghan Taliban attack U.S. Consulate, kill 2 Afghans

    Taliban militants unleashed car bombs at the U.S.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  13. Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US

    Al-Qaida's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to 'bleed' America financially.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  14. Rights group: Syrian regime behind mass killings

    An international human rights group on Friday accused Syrian government forces and pro-regime militias of carrying out summary executions earlier this year that left at least 248 people dead in two predominantly Sunni Muslim towns along the Mediterranean

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  15. Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Friday at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Putin said today the global community should welcome Syria's decision to join a ban on chemical weapons, saying it shows the 'serious intentions' of Damascus. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP via Getty Images

    Putin hails Syria's action on chemical weapons ban

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Syria's move to join an international convention banning chemical weapons has proven its good faith and reaffirmed a strong warning to the U.S. not to use force.

    • Sep. 13, 2013
  16. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens in Geneva, Switzerland, during their joint statements at the start of talks aimed at ridding Syria of chemical weapons, on Sept. 12. State Department

    Kerry talks tough in Syria encounter with Russia

    Striking a tough tone, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened swiftly convened talks with Russia on Syria's chemical weapons Thursday by bluntly rejecting a Syrian pledge to begin a '

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  17. Syria says it joined chemical treaty on Thursday

    Syria says it became a full member of the convention banning the use of chemical weapons as of Thursday but the United Nations says it will take at least another 30 days.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  18. American-born Islamist militant Omar Hammami, a jihadi from Alabama, was killed Sept. 12 in an ambush ordered by al-Shabab's leader, militants said. Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP file

    American jihadi slain in Somalia by rivals

    An American who became one of Somalia's most visible Islamic rebels and was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list with a $5 million bounty on his head was killed Thursday by rivals in the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab, militants said.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  19. A Syrian girl holds her national flag bearing a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad as pro-regime supporters parade their cars in Damascus to celebrate Assad's 48th birthday on Wedensday. The Syrian President says his government has agreed to surrender its chemical weapons in response to Russia's initiative and not because of the U.S. threat of attack. Anwar Amro / AFP

    Assad: Syria to offer data on chemical weapons

    Syrian President Bashar Assad publicly agreed Thursday to a Russian plan to secure and destroy his chemical weapons, but said the proposal would work only if the U.S. halts threats of threats ofmilitary action.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  20. An opposition fighter runs in front of a sniper curtain across a street in the industrial area of Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor during clashes Thursday with regime forces. Abo Shuja / AFP via Getty Images

    Syrian rebels: Trickle of U.S. arms not enough

    Arms smuggled by the United States to the Syrian rebels are just 'symbolic' and won't make a difference in the fight against the regime or against Islamists, Free Syrian rebel commanders and the Syrian opposition told USA Today.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  21. The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Joseph Kony is seen in this 2006 photo. A U.S. Transportation Command contract solicitation released Sept. 11 spells out requirements into November 2015. Stuart Price / AFP via Getty Images

    Pentagon's anti-Kony mission could stretch into 2015

    The Pentagon mission to help four central African nations track warlord Joseph Kony could extend deep into 2015, according to records released Wednesday.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  22. Syrian rebels rail against Russian chemical arms deal

    Syria's top rebel commander on Thursday called for regime officials to be referred to the International Criminal Court for carrying out an alleged chemical attack near Damascus that killed hundreds last month.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  23. An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 prepares to launch Tuesday from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Red Sea. MC3 Nathan R. McDonald / AP

    SECNAV's message to Assad: We're not going anywhere

    Navy Secretary Ray Mabus had a none-too-subtle reminder Wednesday for Syrian President Bashar Assad.

    • Sep. 12, 2013
  24. Report: CIA delivering light weapons to Syria

    The CIA has been delivering light machine guns and other small arms to Syrian rebels for several weeks, following President Barack Obama's decision to arm the rebels.

    • Sep. 12, 2013

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