After weeks of internal political turmoil, Palestinians have been struggling to arrive at a consensus regarding a plan of action based on conducting municipal, presidential and parliamentary elections, writes Lamis Andoni

Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails protest prison conditions with a mass hunger strike, reports Khalid Amayreh from the West Bank

American objections to Israel's West Bank settlements seem to be falling on deaf ears, Khaled Amayreh reports

From Sadr City, Ahmed Mukhtar reports on a battleground that has failed to appear on Western TV screens

The fast deteriorating security situation in Iraq, and attendant social turmoil, is a damning testament to Washington's handling of Iraqi affairs, writes Haifa Zangana

Nermine Al-Mufti traces the chequered past of an ethnically interwoven city

Fresh violence breaks out in Darfur as Africa seeks to end the continent's most serious political crisis, writes Gamal Nkrumah

While the Yemeni government said that fighting between Yemeni forces and a rebel cleric and his supporters is coming to an end, key players remain at large. Peter Willems reports

An Iraqi campaign focussing on alleged Iranian interference in the country casts a shadow over the future of Iranian-Iraqi relations. Rasha Saad reports