[caption id="attachment_55249839" align="alignnone" width="620"] Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrive to give a press statement on…

[caption id="attachment_55249817" align="alignnone" width="620"] An Egyptian soldier stands guard on a watchtower near the border between Egypt and Gaza on September 12, 2013. (Said Khatib/AFP/Getty…

[caption id="attachment_55249794" align="alignnone" width="616"] Iraqi Turkmen Front leader Arshad Al-Salihi shows his ink-stained finger after casting his ballot in the Iraqi parliamentary elections…

[caption id="attachment_55249776" align="alignnone" width="620"] Algerian men walk in front of electoral posters for Ali Benflis on April 13, 2014. (FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Young…

[caption id="attachment_55249770" align="alignnone" width="620"] A combination of file pictures shows Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) addressing the faithful at the weekly Muslim…

[caption id="attachment_55249764" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Kurdish anti-government protesters march in the city of Sulaimaniyah on February 17, 2011 (SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty Images)[…

[caption id="attachment_55249735" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian soldiers wave as they leave Lebanon on April 26, 2005, in Masnaa. (Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] US Ambassador to…

[caption id="attachment_55249718" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish riot police use gas to disperse demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul on July 8, 2013. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…

[caption id="attachment_55249709" align="alignnone" width="620"] Young Libyans release lanterns into the sky as they celebrate the third anniversary of the popular revolt that overthrew Muammar…

[caption id="attachment_55249675" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man stands watching the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in the western Saudi city of Mecca on November 2, 2010. (AMER…