Associated Press

Ten male relatives strangled and beat an Egyptian mother and two daughters and threw their bodies in the Nile, police say.

LUXOR, Egypt — A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honor killings" in which women are slain for violating traditional morals in the conservative region, a security official said Friday.

Catholic Online

Washington Post

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the Benghazi
attack before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Underachiever?  “ [W]hen an administration and a president start out as Mr. Obama did, in essence reviling his predecessor’s policies in the Arab world and assuring Arabs that he had a new and better way, it is striking if the product is less popularity.

Council on Foreign Relations
Washington Post

The Egyptian government generally failed to prevent, investigate, or prosecute crimes against members of religious minority groups, especially Coptic Christians, which fostered a climate of impunity.

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Egypt's
President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office of the White
House in Washington September 1st, 2010

There are many ways to measure the success of American foreign policy, and popularity is not necessarily the best one.

Tahrir Squared

 As Islamist parties assume power in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, many- in both the region and abroad- have looked to Turkey as a “model” for the relationship between Islam and the state for these countries to adopt as they reform their governments.

New Book by David Alton and Rob Chidley

For sixty years North Korea has had neither war nor peace; simply an Armistice signed in 1953 - this lack of resolution has perpetuated instability, fear, and a risk of further tragedy. Behind the backdrop is the ever present danger of a major conflict.

Washington Post

April 28, 2010 file photo, relatives of the 26 suspected Hezbollah members,
accused of plotting attacks on tourists and shipping in the Suez Canal and
sending operatives and explosives to Gaza to help militant groups there.

CAIRO — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt’s revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power.