Noga TarnopolskyMay 17, 2013 06:19

JERUSALEM — Last March, in a dramatic, hands-on moment that rarely occurs in the closely choreographed world of international politicking, President Obama left Air Force One idling at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport while he huddled in a trailer with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

UN General Assembly condemns Assad's regime as death toll tops 80,000

Talia RalphMay 15, 2013 12:19

The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution condemning Assad's regime Wednesday, as the death toll in the war-torn nation hit at least 80,000.

Cyber warfare: the Pirates of Aleppo

Tracey SheltonMay 22, 2013 06:01

KILIS, Turkey — A Syrian cyber warrior fights violence and deploys online porn to save rebels. “Pornography would make the torturers relax,” says one hacker.

Lessons from Guatemala on how to catch a dictator

Mike McDonaldMay 15, 2013 05:32

GUATEMALA CITY — Elena Caba waited more than 30 years for justice after she was raped and left for dead in a river alongside her neighbors during Guatemala’s bloody civil war. She was 9 when soldiers stormed her Ixil Maya village and pulled her and her father out of their home before torching the town to ashes on April 3, 1982.

Tytti Erästö and Sven-Eric Fikenscher May 18, 2013 08:58

Why a Middle East role is essential for the nuclear nonproliferation regime

Commentary: Iran’s participation would increase confidence in its nuclear intentions.

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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in 2010. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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The PrepCom meeting just concluded in Geneva predictably ended in failure to lay the ground for the 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. The core reason was the inability to convene a meeting in Helsinki last December on the establishment of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (WMDFZ) in the Middle East.

Georgian soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack

Jill LangloisMay 13, 2013 18:23

Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said the soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber drove a truck carrying explosives into their base in Helmand province.

Libya car bomb hits Benghazi hospital, killing many

Jill LangloisMay 13, 2013 15:09

Reports vary on the number of people killed in the blast, but at least three are dead.

Bangladesh: Islamist leader AKM Yusuf arrested on war crimes

Jason Overdorf and Ellen ConnollyMay 13, 2013 11:14

A top Islamist leader arrested in Bangladesh for war crimes.

Kandahar roadside bomb blast kills at least 10 civilians

Daniel DeFraiaMay 13, 2013 07:41

"The blast hit a pick-up truck in the Arghistan district of Kandahar province, killing four women, three men and three children," said Abdul Raziq, Kandahar provincial police chief.

Syria: four Filipino peacekeepers released

Ellen ConnollyMay 12, 2013 11:14

Four Filipino UN peacekeepers abducted in Syria released.