US to rejoin UNESCO
Following its withdrawal from UNESCO in 1984 citing the UN agency's "anti-Western bias", US President George W Bush last week announced that the United States will be rejoining, reports David Tresilian

A big catch
Another setback for Al-Qa'eda as Pakistani security forces catch a chief terrorist suspect, reports Iffat Malik from Karachi

Eyes on Algiers
What can an African Union convention on combating terror hope to achieve, wonders Gamal Nkrumah

Tug-of-war over Kashmir
The world worries about the impending strike against Iraq, but India and Pakistan focus on Kashmir, writes Iffat Malik from Islamabad