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Yasser Arafat

Many young men holding Algerian flags scale a monument of a woman holding a torch, attached to which is a flag

Algeria’s ailing president was once a revolutionary. After mass protests, he won’t seek a fifth term.

Global Politics

A champion of post-colonial countries and controversial figure, an ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika has stepped away from a bid for a fifth term as Algeria’s head of state.

Israeli Yasha Marmer protests against his country’s operation in the Gaza Strip, holding a poster that says “stop the war” in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

Anti-war voices in Israel face threats and violence

Conflict & Justice

Dangers abound for good guys in Syria, and bad guys in Somalia

Global Scan
Iranian President Hassan Rohani

Iran and the US learn how to flirt, diplomatically

Global Politics

Arafat’s body exhumed as inquiry into his death ramps up

Low expectations for any U.S. president to jumpstart Middle East peace

U.S. presidents often talk of their hope to find peace in the Middle East and they practically always talk about their support for Israel’s security. But on the ground there, expectations are much lower. And perhaps with good reason.

Yasser Arafat’s widow asks for French investigation into her husband’s death

In late 2004, Yasser Arafat had the flu. Seventeen days later, he was dead. A recent investigation by Al-Jazeera has many people wondering what really killed the Palestinian leader eight years ago.

Mahmoud Abbas’s newfound popularity

On the heels of Mahmoud Abbas’s dramatic request for Palestinian membership into the United Nations, the leader is riding a wave of popularity.

Lessons Learned from the Oslo Accords

Today,  as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves new settlements in the West Bank, and Chairman Mahmoud Abbas succeeds in his pursuit for recognition at the United Nations, Israelis and Palestinians seem further apart than ever before. Yet twenty years ago this month, Palestinians and Israelis managed to come together in secret talks that concluded with the […]

Digging For The Truth: Yasser Arafat Exhumed

Global Politics

The remains of Yasser Arafat was exhumed today to determine if the former Palestinian leader was poisoned. Arafat died eight years ago, allegedly from a stroke.