A UN report released this week has called for immediate international action in Yemen and claims the government unnecessarily killed hundreds of peaceful protesters, reports Nick Cumming-Bruce.
Kabul has been calm for the last few months, but a shock attack this week near the city's nerve centre has destroyed any faith Afghans had in their security forces, writes Jean MacKenzie.
The war in Afghanistan is an experiment in a new form of war where "victory" will be measured against uncertain goals of stability, development, and reconstruction, writes Dr Benjamin MacQueen, deputy director, Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University.
Ten years ago, writes Shakira Hussein, just knowing the name “bin Laden” qualified you as moderately well-informed. Ten years go, Australia was still processing “Hansonism." And then...
A cozy double bed, flowery carpets, small lamps, a Jacuzzi and a...gynecological examination room. This was Muammar Gaddafi's bizarre secret "love den," writes Babak Dehghanpisheh.
To progress from 9/11, we first need to understand that Osama bin Laden's plot to strike fear deep in the heart of America and lead US troops into wars they could never win worked, and worked all too well, writes Andrew Sullivan.
Fighting continues in Libya, but only around the handful of remaining Gaddafi strongholds, in one of which the colonel himself may still be entrenched.
Colonel Gaddafi has broadcast a fiery message from hiding, vowing to continue fighting rebels until the bloody end. He warned rebel forces to 'get ready for the guerrilla war.'
Muammar Gaddaf's son, Saif al-Islam, was touted in some circles as the "best hope" Libya had. But instead of pursuing his principles al-Islam chose to stand by his ruthless father, writes Eliza Griswold.
Amnesty International have documented the names, dates and places of arrest of victims sent to detention centres in Syria. At least 88 have died in what Amnesty says amounts to "systematic persecution on a vast scale," reports Nour All.
