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An Iraqi policeman stands near burning vehicles moments after one in a series of bombs hit the Shi’ite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)


Opinion: The Circle of Chaos

Opinion: The Circle of Chaos

There is no greater evidence of chaos enveloping the Middle East than the Libyan foreign minister’s inability to attend a meeting of the country’s neighbors in Tunis. The meeting went ahead in his absence, and he was represented by the Libyan chargé d’affaires...
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Masai wait to cast their ballots in front of a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections near town of Magadi some 85 km (53 miles) south of Nairobi March 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)


At Least 15 Killed on Kenya Coast on Election Day

At Least 15 Killed on Kenya Coast on Election Day

Nairobi/Mombasa, Reuters—At least 15 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Monday as Kenyans queued to vote in a presidential election they hope will rebuild the nation’s image after a disputed 2007 poll unleashed weeks of tribal bloodshed....