The international chemical weapons watchdog says Syria has moved the first batch of toxic chemicals out of the country after transporting it from two sites to the port city of Latakia and onto a Danish vessel.
CAIRO — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is calling on residents of the mostly Sunni-populated Anbar Province town of Fallujah to expel pro- al-Qaida militants who appear to control their city.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2014 – Marines evacuated about 20 U.S. Embassy staff members from the deteriorating security situation in Juba, South Sudan, on the same day the State Department announced it will add $49.8 million to humanitarian assistance the United States has provided to help victims of the conflict there.
China has criticized the United States' decision to transfer three Uighur inmates from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Slovakia.