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While the Pentagon said it had received no prior notice of China's missile test, it added that U.S. space-based sensors "detected two geographically separated missile-launch events" leading to an "exo-atmospheric collision." The event marked the latest outer-space tit for tat between the two nations: in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Missile Test: A Symbolic Warning to U.S. | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

At the heart of Shi'a Islam is a 1,400-year-old passion play of political succession: the hero is Hussain, grandson of the Prophet; the villain is Yazid, the usurper of the Caliphate; and each year on the holy day of Ashura, their bloody conflict is re-enacted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

The state-sponsored press has reinforced efforts to deflect criticism for Egypt's Gaza policies by appealing to nationalist sympathies, focusing on the killing of the Egyptian soldier during last week's clashes, and on Hamas extremism. Last weekend's opinion pages were flooded with vitriolic rants against Hamas that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Siege of Gaza, Egypt Walks a Delicate Line | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

A Troubled History Stretched around the southern heel of the Arabian Peninsula and home to 23.8 million people - compared with 28.7 million in neighboring Saudi Arabia - Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East. It has a long history of being both a source of militants and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yemen: The Most Fragile Ally | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

So why did al-Balawi, a seemingly trusted agent, switch sides? The Jordanian intelligence sources who spoke to TIME speculate that al-Balawi had become enraged at the Americans for killing a high number of civilians in their hunt for al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. And al-Balawi, who felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA Bomber Was No Double Agent, Say Jordanians | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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