A lot of people like to talk about how Israel's becoming a prison. But when it comes from a veteran war correspondent who was recently taken prisoner in Syria, the analogy is somehow more lucid.
Alex Koppelman on the Sandy relief bill, Charles Blow on future cliffs, Matt Lewis on conservatives losing the culture war, Sheri Berman on waning Arab Spring optimism, and Gideon Rachman on Britain's relationship with the EU.
Harold Meyerson on the downside of right-to-work, Adam Ozimek on the upside of right-to-work, Maureen Dowd on Zero Dark Thirty, Francisco Toro on Venezuela after Chavez, and Soner Cagaptay on Turkey.
For a country that already has a problem with roving outlaws, this is the last thing you want to have happen.
In the epicenter of the Arab Spring, opponents and supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood are clashing in Tahrir Square today, in the first outbreak of factional violence since Islamist President Mohamed Morsi took office.
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Egypt is embroiled in a volatile power struggle and there's no telling who will back down.
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There was another painful reminder of the dangers faced by women in Egypt after the story of another attack on a Western journalist that sound painfully similar to the sexual assault of CBS reporter Lara Logan last year.
Our post on Egypt's military takeover brought out one fatalistic view of the Arab Spring.
Egyptians are patiently contending with long lines and equally long ballots to cast their votes in the first free presidential election in the nation's history.&nbs
Thomas Friedman on the other Arab Spring, NPR on the warm winter, The Daily Climate on fires in the Amazon, Scientific American on a cleaner rickshaw, and Reuters on sick polar bears
After the International Red Cross opened up talks with the Syrian government, aid workers started to evacuate sick or wounded women and children from Homs on Friday.
There was only one candidate to become Yemen's next president on Tuesday's poll, and The New York Times describes the election as "hardly an exercise in democracy," but Yemenis took to polling stations despite reports of violence.
Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has departed the country he has ruled for 33 years, and is making his way to the U.S. for "medical treatment."
A year ago, few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks.
Confirming that he probably shouldn't be in power, Gen. Abdel Moneim Kato, a military adviser in the government's Morale Affairs Department said yesterday that protesters "deserve to be thrown into Hitler's ovens."
Hundreds of troops fired at Occupy Cabinet protesters in Tahrir Square early Monday, killing at least three and bringing the four-day death toll to at least 14--which the ruling military council says is for the good of the state.
The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof on one of the young victims of Bahrain's crackdown on democracy protests, and why the government's ability to do so is partly in our hands.
As Egypt's first free elections in more than a generation continue, police cracked down viciously on protesters in Cairo.
Egypt's three-week long sit in against military rule, known as "Occupy Cabinet" is taking a terrifying turn as the ruling military junta has resorted to throwing rocks and using violence against this set of "Occupiers".
In exchange for releasing Warren Weinstein, a 70-year-old American aid worker who they may or may not be holding captive, al Qaeda is demanding an end to airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; the release of Taliban suspects worldwide; and the release of all Guantanamo detainees.
Despite long lines and confusing rules, Egyptians have turned out in droves to vote in the country's first elections since the end of Hosni Mubarak's decades-old regime.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly agreed to a transfer of power that would finally end the 10-month long uprising that nearly got him killed.
Horrifying video and images are emerging of Egyptian security forces beating protesters in Cairo, as reports of military units firing into the crowds continue to spread.
Rebel fighters hit the office of the ruling Baath Party with rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday, bringing outright armed conflict into Syria's capital.
If he had, the Egyptian dictator might have noticed the simmering rage that eventually drove him from power.
Plenty of people are comparing Occupy Wall Street to the Arab Spring and there's now even a catchy name: the American Autumn.
The Arab League will announce tomorrow a deal it forged with the Syrian government to stop the government's brutal crackdown on unrest, Syria's state media reported today.
Cartoonist Nick Anderson shoots down a GOP talking point.
The United States has decided to pull Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, from the country amid "credible threats against his personal safety," a State Department official tells the Associated Press
The country where a single act of protest sparked region-wide revolution is choosing its new leaders, and struggling to balance Islamist ideals with secular tradition.
A firm has estimated the economic consequences to the Middle East uprisings
A picture of a guitar-strumming combatant has emerged from Sirte
Rob Crilly was apparently unhappy about some edits to a piece on Libya
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A new audio message questions the new government's legitimacy
Russia and China are spinning why they won't condemn the Syrian regime
The opposition is trying to organize as signs of armed rebellion grow
The latest rumor places Qaddafi near the Algerian border
Qaddafi fighters are launching attacks from Algeria, Sirte, and Bani Walid
Twitter had something to do with the Arab Spring, it's just hard to measure exactly what
Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for a ceasefire amid civil war worries
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
Souvenirs and sightseers now roam the deposed leader's old compounds
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
Clashes erupted after security forces fired on demonstrators
It's time for our regular roundup of propaganda from around the world
Facebook voting and video helps push the slogan to the streets
New sanctions make things complicated for Americans in Syria
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