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A picture made available 05 March 2015 shows members of the Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah taking part in a training course at a military base in Jallam town, near Samara city, northern Iraq, 04 March 2015. (EPA/Baraa Kanaan)
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Damaged buildings are seen at Al-Amriya frontline in Aleppo March 3, 2015. (Reuters/Hosam Katan)
Rebels attack Aleppo security building, monitor says dozens killed
Beirut, Reuters—Insurgents attacked a Syrian government security building in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, bombing it and then launching a ground assault, sources on both sides and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at...Caption:
US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert places his hand over the gash on his face after being attacked by a Korean nationalist in Seoul, South Korea, on March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ju-sung)
Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of US ambassador in South Korea
Seoul, Reuters—US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was slashed in the face by a Korean nationalist in an attack at a breakfast forum in Seoul on Thursday to discuss Korean reunification. Lippert, 42, was...Caption:
King Salman in 2004 on a visit to Spain during his tenure as Riyadh’s governor. (EPA/Jose Huesca)
Opinion: Ban Ki-moon and King Salman
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said recently that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has managed to achieve in the first 10 days of his reign what no ruler could possibly achieve during their first 100. But for all their good intentions,...Caption:
This undated handout photo shows Egyptian actress Faten Hamama (R) with her then-husband, Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP Photo/HO)