Al Jazeera The US and the Arab Awakening: Deja vu? Three years ago, Washington experienced its own dose of "shock and awe" - the PR phrase used to sanitise its brutal invasion of Iraq - when hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of ordinary Arabs to... (photo: Creative Commons / Mona Sosh) Arab Spring Mideast Peace Photos US Foreign Policy Wikipedia: Arab Spring Al Jazeera Is Sri Lanka turning into a rogue state? As international pressure mounts on President Mahinda Rajapaksa to launch a credible process to investigate war crimes alleged to have taken place during the last stages of the war, the peop... (photo: UN) Human Rights Photos Sri Lankan War War Crime Wikipedia: Sri Lankan Civil War Top Stories The Miami Herald Violence risks turning Egypt to jihadi front CAIRO -- An Islamic militant group that has waged a campaign of bombings and assassinations for months in Egypt has quickly advanced in weaponry and sophistication of att... (photo: AP / Ahmed Ashraf) Al Qaida Egypt Revolution Photos Syrian War Wikipedia: Islamist unrest in Egypt (2013present) Canberra Times Pakistan holds historic 'roadmap' talks with Taliban Islamabad: Negotiators for Pakistan's government and the Taliban urged an end to hostilities after meeting in the first round of talks aimed at ending the militants' bloo... (photo: AP / B.K. Bangash) Afghan War Pakistan Conflict Photos Taliban Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Mail Guardian South Africa CAR still ruled by violence The interim president of Central African Republic told the hundreds of soldiers standing in formation Wednesday that she was proud of them and called on their support to ... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) CAR Human Rights Photos Seleka Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration WorldNews.com Hama and Syria's Autonomous Solution Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Hama was a prelude to Syria's current nightmare. It was also a forewarning of how long-repressed sectarian identities and... (photo: AP / SANA) Human Rights Mideast Peace Photos Syrian War Wikipedia: 1982 Hama massacre The Times Of India Pakistan Taliban want Imran Khan as representative DERA ISLAMIL KHAN: The Pakistani Taliban wants five well-known political and religious figures including ex-cricketer Imran Khan to represent them in peace talks with the... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed) Imran Khan Pakistan Insurgency Photos Taliban Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Al Jazeera No peace in Afghanistan without tribal participation It has been more than 10 years since the start of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom, when 47 nations came to "defend" Afghanistan against al-Qaeda and Taliban. N... (photo: US DoD / DoD) Afghanistan Freedom Peace Photos Wikipedia: Afghanistan BBC News South Sudan conflict: 3.7m in 'need of food', says UN The United Nations has said it estimates 3.7 million people are in acute need of food in South Sudan as a result of the civil conflict there. | The UN's Humanitarian... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy) Photos S. Sudan Violence South Sudan Conflict War in S. Sudan Wikipedia: South Sudanese conflict (20132014) Newstrack India For Rahul, ground reality is far from ideals (Comment, Special to IANS) Tweet | As Rahul Gandhi emerged from his cloistered existence into the big, bad world via his first television interview, he must have realized that the ground reality is... (photo: AP) India Photos Politics Television Wikipedia: Rahul Gandhi BBC News Trial of Mohammad Morsi to resume in Cairo One of the trials putting ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi in the dock is due to resume in Cairo. | Mr Morsi and 14 other figures from the Muslim Brotherhood are ... (photo: AP) Egyptian Protest Mohammed Morsi Muslim Brotherhood Photos Wikipedia: Mohamed Morsi The Washington Post A new definition for al-Qaeda Katherine Zimmerman is a senior analyst at the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project and authored the report “The al-Qaeda Network: A New F... (photo: AP) Al Qaeda Obama Administration Photos War on Terror Wikipedia : Al Qaeda