Egypt to unveil Suez Canal extension amid nationalist fervor
By BRIAN ROHAN Egypt on Thursday will unveil a major extension of the Suez Canal that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has billed as an historic achievement needed to boost the country’s…
Nationalism
Analysis: New Netanyahu government headed for turmoil
By DAN PERRY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to cobble together a government dominated by nationalist and religious allies, setting the stage for conflict with the Palestinians and…
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries…
Taiwan, Hong Kong a challenge for China’s Xi
By RALPH JENNINGS and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 photo, police officers throw a pro-democracy protester on the main road outside government headquarters in Hong Kong as…
US AMBASSADOR MEETS INDIA’S OPPOSITION LEADER
By KATY DAIGLE In this photo released by India’s Gujarat state government, U.S. Ambassador to India, Nancy Powell, left, receives flowers presented to her by India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s…
UKRAINE: OPPOSITION LEADER INJURED IN CLASHES
A riot police officer is blocked by pro-European Union activists near a Svyatoshin police station in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Kiev has been the scene of massive pro-European…
SYRIA LATEST MAGNET FOR JIHADIST SUICIDE BOMBERS
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH In this Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 photo, Mohammed Siddeh, 52, at his workshop in Russeifa, outside Amman, Jordan, holds a picture of his son,…
THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN NATIONALISTS RALLY IN MOSCOW
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Nationalist demonstrators carry their flags and, some of them, raise their hands in a Nazi salute during a march to mark National Unity Day, in Moscow, Russia,…