The event was a small but significant step for country's weapons development program.

A foreign-backed intervention to dislodge Islamist militants from northern Mali has not happened due to divergent national interests.

Elections in 2013 could bring about a return to political instability.

Egypt, Syria and Jordan are seeing the old order adapting or facing extinction.

One of the pillars the European Union was built upon is coming under threat.

Ankara's inability to deal with Kurdish separatism is aggravating tensions in Iraq.

The Egyptian president's recent moves have been interpreted as both politically cunning and audaciously misguided.

Nearly losing control of the country's main airport and shutting off Internet access are signs of desperation by the Syrian government.

Relaxing China's one-child policy won't fix the nation's demographic challenges.

A great deal rests on the Egyptian armed forces' next move.