Phlegmatic in Pahalgam
Notwithstanding US peacemaking efforts, Kashmir is slipping deeper and deeper into a vicious circle of violence, writes Gamal Nkrumah

No beating around the Bush
As the US presidential race commences, the focus is on the candidates' personalities, not the issues. Thomas Gorguissian reports from Philadelphia

Firing rainbow ammunition
Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, and soul diva Chaka Khan asked Americans to "Buy Republican" last week. It was all about presidential packaging, writes Kareem Fahim

The world stood by and did nothing'
The latest investigation of the 1994 Rwandan genocide accuses the international community of having allowed the horror to happen, writes Faiza Rady

The bitter fruits of colonialism

Rwanda: what the world knew