Amid much tension, the Afghan authorities are desperately trying to build up security precautions in time for the upcoming general elections, reports Peter Willems from Kabul

Two opinion polls on Arab attitudes towards America revealed an unprecedented level of mistrust and opposition towards the policies of the Bush administration, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

Due process remains elusive in extra-territorial US detention centres, writes Faiza Rady

The Democratic candidate for the US presidency, Senator John Kerry, guaranteed the backing of a strongly united party that believes nothing could be worse than four more years of George W Bush, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington