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

Women on the Rights Path

[caption id="attachment_55246303" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian volunteer women scrub paint and graffiti off a wall in Tahrir Square on Feburary 12, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. (Chris Hondros…

Ahmed Kadry

No Room for Error

[caption id="attachment_55246285" align="alignnone" width="620"] Supporters raise up posters depicting President Hassan Rouhani of Iran as his motorcade leaves Mehrabad Airport on September 28, 2013,…

David Patrikarakos

Hunted in Iraq

[caption id="attachment_55246244" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Iraqi man visits the grave of a loved one at a cemetery in the capital, Baghdad, during the first day of the Muslim Eid Al-Adha…

Rashid Al-Khayoun

Back to Square One

[caption id="attachment_55246267" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egyptian opposition protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square, the day after former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi was ousted from power…

Rana Taha

A Taste of Iraq in London

[caption id="attachment_55246254" align="alignnone" width="620"] Dr Lamees Ibrahaim at her home in Barnes on January 30, 2010. (Ben Stansall/ Lamees Ibrahim website)[/caption]The famous cookbook…

Mina Al-Droubi

Economics is in the Driving Seat

[caption id="attachment_55246006" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Saudi woman sits in a vehicle as a passenger on September 22, 2013 in Riyadh (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]The issue…

Thomas W. Lippman

Defending Innocence

[caption id="attachment_55246192" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's human rights minister Huriya Mashour answers journalists' questions on June 2, 2013 at the central prison compound in Sana'a,…

Catherine Shakdam

Put Everything on the Table

[caption id="attachment_55246183" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iran's and world powers' delegations sit prior the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks on October 15, 2013 at the United…

Andrew Bowen

Turkey Turns East

[caption id="attachment_55246155" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man looks at missiles displayed at the stand of China AVIC Avionics Equipment, at the Beijing International Aviation Expo in Beijing…

Barçin Yinanç

Khamenei's Plausible Deniability

[caption id="attachment_55246145" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian demonstrators hold up portraits of the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and wave placards with the…

Arash Aramesh