Russia mulls Mali strategy after failed coup attempt

A coordinated attack by an Al-Qaida-linked group and Tuareg rebels was the most serious on Mali's Russian-backed military junta in years. After years of dominance, this puts Moscow on the back foot.

Anton Mardasov

Gezi and Kiev’s Euromaidan

[caption id="attachment_55247398" align="alignnone" width="620"] Protests continue in the snow in Kiev on December 9, 2013. (Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)[/caption] Ukraine has entered its…

Ahu Özyurt

Jobs For The Girls

[caption id="attachment_55247370" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Saudi businesswoman speaks on her mobile during the Private Sector Middle East Conference in Riyadh on December 3, 2013. (FAYEZ…

Thomas W. Lippman

The US Cavalry Is Not Coming

[caption id="attachment_55247365" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama walks into the Oval Office at the White House alongside National Security Adviser Susan Rice (L) and Deputy…

James Denselow

The Battle for a Syrian Caliphate

[caption id="attachment_55247351" align="alignnone" width="620"] Residents of Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor walk past the debris of a building reportedly hit by a missile on September 26, 2013…

Stephen Starr

Some Risk, Big Rewards

[caption id="attachment_55247270" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranians look at rugs displayed at Iran's International hand-woven carpet exhibition in Tehran on September 29, 2013 (BEHROUZ MEHRI…

David E. Long

Egypt’s Ex-Presidents' Club

[caption id="attachment_55247258" align="alignnone" width="620"] Morsi supporters gather outside Cairo Police Academy on November 4, 2013. (Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)[/caption] …

Mahmud El-Shafey

Yemen's Deadly New Normal

[caption id="attachment_55247249" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni mourners stand next to the coffin of late Yemeni parliament member Abdulkareem Jadban (portrait) during his funeral in Sana'a…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi