Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad is due in Moscow Wednesday to hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a planned peace conference on ending the conflict in Syria, the RIA Novosti state news agency said. The news
(AP) Diplomats: Iran expands nuke technologyBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNADiplomats say Iran is moving ahead to update a program the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons, in a blow to years of high-level diplomacy aimed at stopping it
Syria’s opposition urged fighters across the country Wednesday to “rush to the rescue” of rebel stronghold Qusayr, while appealing to the international community to set up a humanitarian corridor to the embattled town. Syria’s acting National Coalition opposition chief George
(AP) 7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freedBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROSix Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran’s supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month’s presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009
(AP) NEW YORKAnthony Weiner’s run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he’s in the New York City mayoral
By MICHAEL R. BLOODAP Political WriterLOS ANGELESCouncilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more
(AP) Spurs blow late lead, beat Grizzlies 93-89 in OT By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio’s first six points of overtime and
By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONFar-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped
Last week, President Obama informed the world that he had heard about the IRS’ targeting of conservatives for the first time from television reports. But apparently that revelation did not lead him to ask his staff why he didn’t know
The defense in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida last year, wants to introduce evidence that Martin was a marijuana user. Prosecutors have asked the judge not to allow any evidence that Martin
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with head coach Vinny Del Negro, announcing on Tuesday they will not offer him a new contract to lead the National Basketball Association team. The Associated Press adds more
Internet users turn to Facebook to keep up with old friends, swap family photographs and discuss the news of the day. Comic actor Seth Rogen used his new Facebook account to burnish his credentials as the modern day Cheech and/or
(AP) LA PAZ, Bolivia–Bolivia’s culture minister calls it actor-activist Sean Penn’s “worst performance” ever. He isn’t talking about a movie. Minister Pablo Groux is slamming Penn’s proposal to a U.S. congressional subcommittee Monday that Bolivia be cut out of the
Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker: The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed on October 13, 2011, in
Comedy Central host Jon Stewart has been relentless in attacking President Barack Obama for the various scandals currently engulfing the White House. The Daily Show host is a committed liberal, but he’s been honest enough to comically savage his own
The annual Cannes Film Festival offers a cavalcade of film exclusives, celebrity sightings and amenities that would make an Occupy Wall Street type rush to grab cardboard and magic markers. It’s also a mini-Mecca for prostitution. Fox News reports prostitutes
If you can find the story on Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth, I’ll give you a cookie. By the way, they’ve changed the position of that headline since the screencap. Now, instead of being way down low under sports
By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterREDMOND, Wash.Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It
(AP) – Citizens of Los Angeles are choosing a new mayor. The turnout tally is expected to be very low when polls close at 8 p.m. PDT Tuesday, with only 1 in 4 voters in the nation’s second-largest city expected
(AP) Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting strokeBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterGolf’s governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club
(AP) OKLAHOMA CITY–Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado. Keith issued a statement saying Monday’s tornado in Moore, Okla., devastated the community in which he
President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland. Obama disappointed many Africans by spending only a few hours in sub-Saharan Africa —
The legalisation of gay marriage is poised for approval by MPs on Tuesday after David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion. The opposition Labour Party helped him see off a “wrecking amendment” which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory
(Reuters) – Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. A statement said a military vehicle was damaged by shots
