Foreign Policy As Hollande takes victory lap, abuses surface in Mali | French President Francois Hollande and his defense and foreign ministers will arrive in Bamako, Mali, tomorrow to mark the country's military victory over an Islamist-backed insurgency. But the Fren... (photo: AP / Joel Saget) Defense France Francois Hollande Mali Conflict Photos Wikipedia: Operation Serval San Francisco Chronicle Suicide bombing at US Embassy in Turkey kills 2 | ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a Turkish guard in an attack that Turkish officials blamed on domes... (photo: AP) Photos Terrorism Turkey US Wikipedia: TurkeyUnited States relations Top Stories United Nations In face of non-cooperation, UN calls on Israel to take part in human rights review | Print | 29 January 2013 The top United Nations human rights body today voiced regret at Israel’s decision not to participate in the scheduled review of its ... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz) Human Rights Israel Photos UN Wikipedia: Human rights in Israel Voa News Clinton Sees Opening for Revived Mideast Peace Talks | WASHINGTON — Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says a new coalition government in Israel could lead to resumption of talks toward a two-state peace acc... (photo: AP / Jim Watson) Mideast Peace Photos US Wikipedia: Hillary Rodham Clinton Khaleej Times Kerrys Mideast task John Kerrys concern regarding the potential snowballing of volatility in the Middle East is justified. He has rightly stated that a failure of a two-state solution in th... (photo: US Navy / Mr. John F. Williams) Mideast Peace Photos US Wikipedia: John Kerry New Straits/Business Times Najib: Nasharuddin's sacking politically motivated | KUALA LUMPUR: PAS' dropping of its former deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa from the party's Syura Council is politically motivated, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri N... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E) Business Gaza Photos Politics Wikipedia: Najib Razak Boston Herald Refugees again, Palestinians flee Syria's war | EIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon — When Syrian warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus last December, Umm Sami rounded up her three sons, shut the windows a... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Photos Refugees Syria War Wikipedia: Syrian civil war Zeenews Mahmoud Abbas attends AU summit, reiterates position on Israel Addis Ababa: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday attended the African Union Summit as a special guest and reiterated the call for Israel's withdrawal fro... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed) Israel Palestine Photos Politics Wikipedia: Mahmoud Abbas WorldNetDaily Obama secretly pledges to divide Jerusalem | TEL AVIV – Now that he has secured his second term, President Barack Obama has already secretly pledged to the Palestinians he will press Israel into a new round of s... (photo: US DoD / U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega, Joint Staff) Jerusalem Photos Politics US Wikipedia: Barack Obama The Australian Anger over Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak's visit to Gaza | MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Najib Razak has become the first non-Arab head of government to visit Gaza as an official guest of Hamas, provoking storms of controversy... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) Gaza Hamas Malaysia Najib Razak Photos Wikipedia: MalaysiaPalestine relations Reuters Abbas asks Israel to let in Palestinians fleeing Syria | RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tried to get Israel to let 150,000 Palestinians fleeing war in Syria resettle in the West Bank, but ... (photo: UN / Marco Castro) Israel Palestinians Photos Syria Wikipedia: Mahmoud Abbas