WASHINGTON: One of the best-known comedic actresses of her generation, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been recognized with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...
WASHINGTON: The streets of Washington are dark and empty when Majed Abdalraheem first arrives at Union Kitchen, a shared commercial cooking space in a...
WASHINGTON: It started with a rare tweet by a woman who had – “maybe” – 28 followers on Twitter. Elizabeth Andrews, a D.C. attorney and mother of a high...
WASHINGTON: The Russian Embassy in Washington has a new address, at least symbolically. A one-block section of Wisconsin Avenue directly in front of the...
WASHINGTON: Historically, David Letterman preferred a detached irony-drenched tone that favored the surreal and silly. Yet there was an unmistakably political...
BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate confirmed Friday that its top field commander was killed in an airstrike that targeted a meeting of the group's...
BEIRUT: Kurdish fighters, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, fought their way Friday into a northeastern Syrian town that has been a key stronghold of...
The Israelis like to call it the “cold peace.” The Egyptians would rather not call it anything at all because that would admit there’s...
NEW YORK: The killing of US peace activist Rachel Corrie on March 16, 2003, by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip triggered a frenzy of protest by the...
MEET AL-KORAMA, Egypt: "This jacket is from Italy. These shoes are from Italy, everything is from Italy," says Metwally al-Mogy, pulling a seemingly endless...
BAGHDAD: For nearly a year, women’s rights and secular activists have worried that Iraq’s newfound freedom would only lead to another form of prison for the...
BAGHDAD: Almost nothing looks intact in the Iraqi Children’s Culture House. Every window in the building along Damascus Street is shattered. The grass outside...
BAGHDAD: In a move commanders say will help restore some degree of normalcy to Baghdad life, the US Army plans to greatly reduce its presence in the center of...
BAGHDAD: Our quest was as noble as it was foolhardy, as reckless as it was utterly irresistible. On a bright, unseasonably warm January morning, we set out to...
BAQOUBA, Iraq: In an American context, the term “town hall meeting” conjures up images of participatory democracy at its most grass-roots level ordinary...
BAGHDAD: With the United Nations team set to assess Iraq’s security situation in advance of a possible return to the country, Iraqis are debating the impact a...
BAGHDAD: It’s 10am and, sitting on a downed palm tree trunk blocking the entrance to the Yarmuk gas station, a young Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) soldier...