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Ukraine leader slams opposition after taking sick leave

President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday savaged the opposition for inflaming tensions in Ukraine's crisis after he unexpectedly went on sick leave with no end in sight to the turmoil. Yanukovych turned on the "irresponsible" opposition which has refused to abandon more than two months...

Why Syria needs George Clooney

  Syria needs lots of things right now. One of them is George Clooney . Let me explain. As the Geneva II talks this week made clear, there is no end in sight for the bloody three-year war in Syria. In the meantime, more than 100,000 people have been...

A state news anchor's take on the Syria war

Among dozens of Syrian and foreign journalists covering the Syria peace talks in Geneva, Elissar Moualla stands out. The popular Syrian news anchor, working for the state-sponsored Syrian TV, never misses an opportunity to confront the opposition delegation. With a loud and agitated...

20 Al Jazeera Journalists Face Charges in Egypt

Egyptian prosecutors said on Wednesday that they were charging 20 journalists working for the Al Jazeera television network with conspiring with a terrorist group and broadcasting false images of “a civil war that raises alarms about the state’s collapse.” The charges...