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.
President Reagan wore a grey suit, a white shirt and a blue tie. He seemed fit and well after his holiday in California. Indeed, he said that he had not felt this active or fit before. In fact, the…
[caption id="attachment_55246752" align="alignnone" width="620"] UN–Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi attends a press conference on November 5, 2013, following a meeting with a range of…
[caption id="attachment_55246748" align="alignnone" width="620"] US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is escorted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 3rd right,…
[caption id="attachment_55246734" align="alignnone" width="619"] A picture taken on January 7, 2013, shows the polluted skyline of the Iranian capital, Tehran. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)[/caption]In…
[caption id="attachment_55246731" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tunisian people sit on stairs outside the theater on Habib Bourguiba Avenue on November 6, 2013, in Tunis. (FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty…
Last year, a news report that allegedly said Iranian women training as “ninja assassins” was at the center of a row that saw the news agency Reuters suspended in Iran, and a court case prosecuting…
[caption id="attachment_55246649" align="alignnone" width="594"] German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the lectern for a statement following a ceremony…
[caption id="attachment_55246654" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranians participating in demonstrations commemorating the 1979 storming of the US embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 2013. …
[caption id="attachment_55246626" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tehran's new Grand Musalla under construction. (Fars)[/caption]Despite Iran’s official title as an Islamic Republic, its capital is…
“Enough with physical attraction! Why should I have to submit to all these restrictions because of it?” The French revolutionary activist Théroigne de Méricourt angrily slammed the door and headed…
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