Crackdown in Bahrain Hints of End to Reforms
The country appears to be reconsidering its decade-long flirtation with reform following a rash of police detentions.
World Briefing | Middle East: Bahrain: No Reporting on Activists
Bahrain s public prosecutor has banned media from reporting on opposition members detained in an ongoing crackdown before parliamentary elections in October.
Doctors Heed Call for Books
The Taliban singled out the texts for destruction because anatomical depictions of the human body were considered blasphemous.
Talks Doable, Says Palestinian Official
Saeb Erekat echoed remarks by the Israeli prime minister a day earlier that a peace agreement would be difficult but possible.
An Iraqi Mother Finds Her Eldest Son, Where She Least Wants To
An Iraqi family’s journey from morgue to cemetery.
Looking at Islamic Center Debate, World Sees U.S.
For some around the world, the dispute over an Islamic center near ground zero is a confirmation of their views.
World Briefing | Middle East: Lebanon: Personal Dispute Leads to Armed Clash
Members of the Shiite Hezbollah and the conservative Sunni Al-Ahbash group fought one another with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades just blocks from downtown Beirut.
Restoring Names to Iraq War s Unknown Casualties
A quest to confirm the death of a loved one a son, husband, father and brother took years, along with courage and luck.
Making Soldiers Fit to Fight, Without the Situps
The goal of a new training program is to reduce injuries and better prepare recruits for the rigors of combat.
World Briefing | Middle East: Iraq: Zaha Hadid to Design Bank
The architect has been appointed to design a new headquarters for the central bank in Baghdad, two months after an assault on the existing building left at least 15 people dead.
