BRUSSELS — The European Union's competition regulators are examining whether France is providing tens of millions of euros in unfair state aid t...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.24.2011
"Why haven't all the bloggers who were jailed in Egypt over the years or elsewhere been recognized?"
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
CAIRO — Three Western journalists who went missing in Libya last week were arrested at gunpoint by soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, Agence Fra...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011
It was long overdue. The government body known derisively as Egypt's Ministry of Disinformation has ceased to exist. The country's new interim cabin...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011
Noted, controversial media figures critical of the Egyptian regime are being sacked ahead of legislative elections in November.
Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011
The United States and NATO are poised to launch a major assault in the Marjah district in southern Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians ...
Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011
The government of Egypt is taking a spectacularly hard line against international solidarity efforts in support of civilians in Gaza on the one-year anniversary of the Israeli invasion.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
BOGOTA — A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit – and Viagra. Student chefs at the state culin...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposi...
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011
Egyptians have had a field day with the shoe-thrower story. According to one joke, the U.S. accused Syria of being behind the shoe attack, citing phone taps that intercepted the word "shoo" (Arabic for "what").
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
In an exchange that likely "made a little Washington media history," a White House spokesman took time out of his day to register an objection to the Facebook status message of Olivier Knox, White House Correspondent from AFP.
AP | Mike Corder | Posted 05.25.2011
International news agencies resumed coverage of the Rugby World Cup on Friday -- just 90 minutes before the tournament's opening match -- after progre...
AP | GABRIELE STEINHAUSER | Posted 10.31.2011