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

Snubbing the Kurds

[caption id="attachment_55245932" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish high school students pose on October 1, 2013 in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, a day after Erdoğan's reform…

Ahu Özyurt

Yemen's Huddled Masses

[caption id="attachment_55245891" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Yemeni refugee girl fills a container with water in a makeshift kitchen in the grounds of a public school in the port city of Aden…

Nasser Arrabyee

A Sixty-Year Bluff

[caption id="attachment_55245886" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Joe Biden greet troops during a ceremony to mark the return of the US Forces-Iraq…

Alex Edwards

Scenes from Cairo

[caption id="attachment_55245878" align="alignnone" width="594"] T-shirts, some depicting Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, are sold on Tahrir Square during the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Arab–Israeli war on…

Adel Al-Toraifi

Iran Sets the Scene

[caption id="attachment_55245846" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Supporters raise up posters depicting President Hassan Rouhani of Iran as his motorcade leaves Mehrabad Airport on September 28,…

Gary Sick

Pulling Strings in Beirut

[caption id="attachment_55245863" align="alignnone" width="596"] A Lebanese man uses a public phone near a poster featuring Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (R) and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah…

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Coming Soon to Turkey

[caption id="attachment_55245842" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurdish people listen to Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announce his reform package on TV on September 30, 2013, in…

Nicholas Birch

Timeworn “Resistance”

[caption id="attachment_55245834" align="alignnone" width="620"] Major General Hassan Firoozabadi (C) salutes alongside other military commanders as they observe a parade commemorating the 31st…

Alex Vatanka

Beyond Tripoli’s Grasp

[caption id="attachment_55245765" align="alignnone" width="620"] The national flag flutters as Libyan security gather in the capital, Tripoli, on September 21, 2013. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Jason Pack and Haley Cook