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.
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[caption id="attachment_55247337" align="alignnone" width="620"] (L to R) British Foreign Secretary William Hague, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton,…
[caption id="attachment_55247297" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of the Egyptian constitutional panel vote on a new constitution at the Shura Council in downtown Cairo on November 30, 2013. …
[caption id="attachment_55247291" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pays tribute to the remains of the Radio France Internationale journalists killed in the town…
[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…
[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…
The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.
The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.
Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services