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

Yemen's Absent Angry Young

[caption id="attachment_55247856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni youth march during a parade commemorating the second anniversary of the uprising against Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi

Homemade Bombs

[caption id="attachment_55247845" align="alignnone" width="620"] Flames rise from burning cars at the site of a car bomb that targeted Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on January 2, 2014. (AFP…

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Banishing the Brotherhood

[caption id="attachment_55247812" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian protesters and police clash during a demonstration in Cairo against the government's decision to label the Muslim…

Alex Walsh

Rouhani Approaches a Crossroads

[caption id="attachment_55247639" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves the podium after delivering his speech during a parliament session in Tehran on October 27,…

Alex Vatanka

Syria’s Kurdish Sideshow

[caption id="attachment_55247676" align="alignnone" width="620"] A female fighter of the Kurdish militia People’s Protection Units (YPG) looks through binoculars behind a fortified wall as she checks…

James Denselow

The Only Way is Up

[caption id="attachment_55247595" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Saudi woman looks at her mobile as she walks through a coffee shop in the capital Riyadh on June 17, 2013. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP…

Caryle Murphy

Libya’s Happy New Year?

[caption id="attachment_55247724" align="alignnone" width="620"] Benghazi residents celebrates Martyrs' Day as they commemorate those who died during the 2011 Libyan revolution that toppled leader…

Jason Pack and Haley Cook

Erdoğan’s Fight for Survival

[caption id="attachment_55247719" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan marches forward into 2014. (Cem Oksuz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)[/caption] Even before…

Iason Athanasiadis