Student protests test France's Republican promise

Education reform is at the heart of the demonstrations shaking Paris and beyond, with thousands already arrested, but the government's ability to meet learners' demands is limited

Elie Kossaifi

A Fateful Triangle

[caption id="attachment_55249647" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry next to Chinese Foreign…

David Patrikarakos

Putting the Pieces Together

[caption id="attachment_55249662" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (R) and Secretary of State John Kerry (L) leave after meeting with…

Robert E. Hunter

New War, Old Faces

[caption id="attachment_55249650" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of Iraqi Shi'ite militant group Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq carry the coffin of one of their commanders, Hamid Qassem, during his…

Stephen Wicken

Partners for Peace

[caption id="attachment_55249615" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurds dance and wave the People’s Democracy Party banner during Nowruz celebrations on March 23, 2014 in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…

Ahu Özyurt

Code of Honor

[caption id="attachment_55249619" align="alignnone" width="620"] The remains of a horse carriage lie on the street in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan on April 6, 2014 after a blood feud broke out…

Mahmud El-Shafey

The Liberals in Erdoğan’s Wake

[caption id="attachment_55249552" align="alignnone" width="620"] Peaceful protesters staging a sit-in at Gezi Park on May 30, 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Selin Alemdar/Getty Images)[/caption] Prime…

Soner Cagaptay

Party Pilots

[caption id="attachment_55249540" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish President Abdullah Gül (front C), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2nd R), Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy …

Mehmet Solmaz

Pushed out of Home

[caption id="attachment_55249535" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Lebanese university student reads on campus at the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut on April 21, 2009. …

Mona Alami

A Visa or a Victory

[caption id="attachment_55249512" align="alignnone" width="620"] File photo of the UN headquarters in New York taken in September 2013, ahead of the 68th General Assembly. (AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand)…

Arash Aramesh