[caption id="attachment_55245739" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni boy scouts look at a portrait of Yemen's President Hadi as they rest during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the September…

[caption id="attachment_55245725" align="aligncenter" width="620"] U.S. President Barack Obama finishes a statement to the media about the government shutdown in the briefing room of the White House…

[caption id="attachment_55245702" align="alignnone" width="618"] Sultan Abdul Hamid opening Turkish parliament, 10 December 1908. From drawing by H.W.Koekkoek. (Culture Club/Getty Images)[/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55245659" align="alignnone" width="620"] Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters light up flares during a demonstration against the military-backed government on September…

[caption id="attachment_55245654" align="alignnone" width="594"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2013. (Stan Honda/AFP…

[caption id="attachment_55245627" align="alignnone" width="620"] Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a press statement at his office, following U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at the United Nations, on…

[caption id="attachment_55245621" align="alignnone" width="594"] Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman (C) sits amidst members of the Yemeni military during a conference on restructuring the armed forces,…

[caption id="attachment_55245592" align="alignnone" width="620"] Russias President Vladimir Putin walks past US President Barack Obama as he arrives to pose for the family photo during the G20 summit…

[caption id="attachment_55245575" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (R) with his youngest brother Rifaat (L) at a military ceremony in Damascus in 1984. (AFP/Getty…

[caption id="attachment_55245562" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian president Hassan Rouhani attends the Shanghai Cooperation Ogranisation Summit on September 13,2013, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. …