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

The Revolution Continues

[caption id="attachment_55247715" align="alignnone" width="620"] Activists mark the second anniversary of deadly violence outside the Cabinet headquarters two years ago in Cairo on December 16, 2013…

Elizabeth Monier

A New Era for Iran?

[caption id="attachment_55247601" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waits to meet with Russian Foreign Minister in Tehran on December 11, 2013 (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty […

David Patrikarakos

Detours from Asia

[caption id="attachment_55247644" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House December 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. Incumbent…

Andrew Bowen

Erdoğan, the Lone Wolf

[caption id="attachment_55247709" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan now has zero friends. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] The fall from grace of…

Nicholas Birch

Egypt’s Divisive Vote

[caption id="attachment_55247700" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood clash with riot policemen outside the University of Cairo campus in the capital…

Alessandra Bajec

Ahmadinejad’s Gift to Rouhani

[caption id="attachment_55247688" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian men sell watches along Vali Asr Avenue on December 7, 2013 in Tehran, Iran (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)[/caption] …

David Patrikarakos

Iraq’s Insurgency Reinvigorated

[caption id="attachment_55247671" align="alignnone" width="620"] A wave of attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed 91 people in the deadliest day in more than two years on July 23, 2012…

Curtis Ohlers