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

We Have Been Here Before

[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,…

Thomas W. Lippman

A Black Cloud over Tehran

[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…

Shahrokh Sadeqi

Better under Ben Ali?

[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…

Youssef Cherif

The Lady Ninjas of Iran

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…

Mansoureh Farahani

Between Berlin and Ankara

[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…

Mehmet Solmaz

The 13th of Aban in Iran

[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. …

Ataollah Mohajerani

Tehran's Multiplying Minarets

[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…

Farahmand Alipoor

Whose Temptation?

“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…

Abdullah Al-Rashid