Why France Is Turning Its Nose Up At Valerie Trierweiler
The former partner of French President Francois Hollande is finding sympathy in short supply
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EXCLUSIVE: French President Hollande Tells TIME Private Life Sometimes ‘a Challenge’
Later announces split from First Lady
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Although four months have passed since Edward Snowden’s explosive NSA surveillance leaks, the most revealing details have not yet been published, and could be rolled out in the international media over the coming weeks and …
Libya’s New Normal: When a Prime Minister Gets Kidnapped in Broad Daylight
In the wake of the recent U.S. commando raid, the Prime Minister’s kidnapping reveals the extent of Libya’s dysfunction
U.S. Tripoli Raid Deepens Sense of Chaos in Libya
The stealthy American capture of a wanted al-Qaeda operative risks stirring up tensions and animosities in Libya, a vulnerable, fractious nation.
As Its Laborers Die, Qatar Fights to Keep World Cup
The Security Lapses That Led to the Nairobi-Mall Terrorist Attack
As Kenyan security forces fought a fierce gun battle against al-Shabab militants at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall on Monday, trying to break the three-day hostage siege, some wondered how the country’s intelligence and …
The Search for Assad’s Chemical Weapons: Lessons from Libya and Iraq
So, a Middle East strongman says he is ready to give up his chemical weapons, albeit under intense pressure from Western leaders, and the threat of being bombed. Can the West believe him?
In recent years, that question was …
Et Tu, Paris? France’s Hollande Faces Growing Opposition Against Syrian Intervention
When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressed reporters on Saturday in Paris about military action against Syria, he tapped into a deep nerve in this country: the memory of two horrific world wars waged on French soil last …
France’s Case for Military Action in Syria
President François Hollande has embraced the idea of a military intervention, telling French ambassadors in Paris last Monday that he was “ready to punish” Assad
A Coalition of the Willing: Europe’s Role in Possible Syrian Intervention
A decade after opposing the invasion of Iraq, France and Germany could play a major role in possible military action against Syria
After Another High-Profile Assassination, Tunisia Lurches Toward Crisis
Is Tunisia headed for Egypt-type turmoil? The prospect that the small North African country which ignited the entire Arab Spring movement could spiral into violence seemed more plausible on Thursday, after gunmen killed an …
Qatar’s Geopolitical Gamble: How the Gulf State May Have Overreached
Nearly three weeks after Egypt’s military forced the country’s President Mohamed Morsi out of office and jailed him and officials of his Muslim Brotherhood party, the explosive reaction on Cairo’s streets has brought death …