Former Secretary of State Albright says U.S. must once again be a force for...
President Barack Obama on Tuesday at the United Nations challenged the international community to get "serious" about ideals of freedom and democracy.Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State...
View ArticleWith United Nations General Assembly in town, New York tied in knots
This week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting brings diplomats from 193 countries to midtown Manhattan.With them come a lot of headaches for drivers — streets around the U.N. are closed or...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Marine describes disorganization among Syrian rebels he's met
At least half a dozen Syrian rebel fighters regularly gather at a hotel in Antakya to trade notes, and at least a few barbs.Nearly every table has a laptop, as the rebels show off the latest footage of...
View ArticleLibyans wage battle over last holdout of Muammar Gaddafi supporters
Tuesday was a holiday in Libya — the first anniversary of the country’s official declaration of liberation from the regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi.Yet the head of Libya’s Congress recently declared...
View ArticleArab Spring presents opportunities for Middle Eastern women entrepreneurs
By Tara Todras-WhitehillLast year’s uprisings in the Middle East launched the region into a period of turmoil that continues to boil.But in the midst of dictators falling, economic uncertainty and...
View Article'Oprah of Egypt' serves up good food, practical advice one show at a time
In a country where a large part of the population struggles to make ends meet, a working class woman has skyrocketed to fame in post-revolutionary Egypt with a new kind of cooking show.While the onions...
View ArticleAfter Libyan revolution, multi-cultural community torn apart
Walk though the covered alleyways of Ghadames’ old town, along the whitewash houses of mud-bricks and you find yourself in a sun drenched palm tree garden.Ghadames is nicknamed the “Pearl of the...
View ArticleEgyptians return to Tahrir Square in protest of presidential power struggle
Tahrir Square looks a little bit like it did during the Egyptian revolution.Banners are strung from the trees, bearing messages like, “Egypt for all Egyptians.” At the center of the square there is a...
View ArticleResearchers document great damage to Syrian antiquities
Emma Cunliffe sits in a tiny graduate student’s office on the medieval campus of the University of Durham. But her mind is thousands of miles east, in Syria.Every day she goes online, sometimes for a...
View ArticleEgyptian political opposition disillusioned after bloody clash with Muslim...
The political opposition in Egypt Wednesday called on the public to vote “no” on a controversial draft constitution.The referendum on the text is scheduled to take place in two days of...
View ArticleTwo years after Arab Spring, revolutionary prospects still linger
Citizens living in a post-Arab Spring reality are now facing the challenge of what it all means.But one reporter who has visited many of the changed countries after the revolution, says the difference...
View Article2012 in review: These PRI.org stories captured your interest most
The re-election of President Barack Obama — and the seemingly endless campaign that led up to it — was perhaps the dominant story of 2012 in the United States.But here at PRI.org, you turned to us for...
View ArticleSyrian war refugees not all equally welcome in Jordan
As the civil war intensifies in Syria, more refugees are trying to escape the conflict.Some have crossed into Turkey. Others have gone to Lebanon. But the biggest refugee camp for Syrian refugees is in...
View ArticleEgyptian unrest continues two years after the Arab Spring
Egyptian Army Chief and Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi warned Tuesday that there would be a "collapse of the state" if protests and unrests continue in cities across the country.This comments...
View ArticleTunisian Jews seek religious tolerance after the revolution
Tunisia's 2011 revolution and the fall of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was followed by a new constitution and democratic elections.A self-described moderate Islamic Party, Ennahda,...
View ArticleSyrian opposition moves conflict closer to Damascus
Anti-government insurgents in Damascus are believed to be behind a series of car bombings that killed at least 72 Syrians on Thursday.The deadly explosions were just outside the headquarters of...
View ArticleEvidence mounts, indicating Syria may be using chemical weapons
There are now three nations who say they have evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria.Israel's senior military intelligence analyst said the regime used chemical weapons...
View ArticleIsraeli ambassador spells out concerns with ongoing Syrian civil war,...
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama confirmed what Israeli, French and British intelligence agencies have argued for weeks: That chemical weapons have been used inside Syria.But we don't know, exactly,...
View ArticleObama administration considering providing weapons to Syrian rebels
Arguments in favor of arming Syrian rebels are gaining ground in the White House, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said at a Pentagon news conference on Thursday.Obama Administration officials have...
View ArticleHezbollah declares public support for Assad's ruling Syrian regime
As President Barack Obama considers U.S. options in war-torn Syria, one of Bashar al-Assad’s longtime clients just offered a public pledge of support.Hasan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese militant...
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