Even if its political situation stabilizes and the fighting ends, Yemen faces an economic collapse with shortages of oil, electricity and water and rising food prices.
Government forces shelled a string of towns even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bashar al-Assad that his legitimacy had “nearly run out.”
Rights group see recent arrests in Baghdad as an attempt to nip dissent in the bud, while fatal explosions in Ramadi raise new concerns about security.
A damaged Egyptian pipeline that supplies natural gas to Israel has been repaired, but the gas is not flowing so foreign shareholders are threatening legal action.
The former president of Egypt faces charges of corruption and intentionally killing unarmed protesters.
A study may explain why some people exposed to blasts have symptoms despite normal CT and M.R.I. scans.
Video interviews with more than two dozen people under 30, from Libya to the West Bank, talking about their generation’s moment in history and prospects for the future.
The chronic weakness of civil society suggests that viable Arab democracies will not emerge anytime soon.
In the empty desert, Saudi Arabia is building entire cities envisioned as spaces for education, industry, living, and more importantly, as islands from which social change might seep out, without antagonizing fundamentalist forces within the country.
I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel discuss their work in the Persian Gulf.
Examining U.S. diplomatic cables as a window on relations with the rest of the world in an age of war and terrorism.
Free Market Espionage
Articles in this series are examining the secret expansion of the war against Al Qaeda and its allies.
June 2, 2011
June 1, 2011
May 31, 2011 - A cease-fire between government forces and opposition tribesmen fell apart in Sanaa, Yemen, renewing fears of a civil war.
May 27, 2011 - Palestinians look forward to Saturday, when Egypt plans to open its border with Gaza.
Supporters of the anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr staged a large rally in Baghdad on Thursday to demand that American forces leave.
Israel says its Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts short-range rockets fired from Gaza.
