Khaled Elgindy: The Egyptian revolution didn't really add anything new to the U.S.-Egypt relationship; but it has underscored a number of pre-existing tensions and conditions.

'Budgetary pressures will in significant part drive the decisions,' on defense policy for the winner of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, says Richard Betts.

Rolling from his surfboard, blood gushing from the wound where a shark had just ripped a big chunk of flesh from his thigh, Australian Glen Folkard had just one thought: 'I'm alive.'

Pope Benedict departed Italy on Friday. He is scheduled to visit Mexico and Cuba.

Army captain who led Mali coup says president is safe and they will not harm officials; the UN Security Council condemns the mutiny.

Police and demonstrators clash in central Lisbon during a march against austerity measures coinciding with a day of nationwide strikes.

The UN Security Council has condemned the coup in Mali while top officials said fallout from the Libya civil war had increased the frustration of soldiers who ousted the president.

Despite escalating tensions after the killing of Afghan civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said he believed that pausing the drawdown and keeping 68,000 troops on the ground is a good idea.

China analyst Jennifer Richmond dispels rumors of a recent coup attempt in Beijing and explores the intensifying political and economic reform debate happening in China ahead of its 2012 leadership transition.

Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen testified at his second congressional hearing this week, acknowledging that incidents in Afghanistan like the civilian massacre and Quran burnings "can't be ignored," but that keeping 68,000 troops on the ground is necessary.

For Mohamed Merah, the road to radicalisation ran from a delinquent childhood in Toulouse to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Dr. Stephen Biddle discusses problems on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Rebecca Heinrichs talks about the U.S. 'Star Wars' protective shield.