The US presidential election race took on a new turn with the presidential debate last week, writes James Zogby

The US elections are round the corner, and US President George W Bush is facing a hard time over Iraq as even some of his closest aides have admitted that some major mistakes were committed, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

Despite what the world may want, Bush appears poised for re-election say US political analysts, reports Yasmine El-Rashidi

Pakistan is paying the price of collaborating with the US in the war on terror, reports Iffat Idris from Islamabad

The spectre of the war on Iraq continues to haunt Tony Blair, reports Alistair Alexander from London

The 1994 Rwandan genocide is being remembered in Italy, writes Samia Nkrumah from Rome

Taliban targets presidential hopefuls in Afghanistan's upcoming elections, reports Peter Willems from Kabul

The first face-to-face meeting of the leaders of India and Pakistan in New York brought the two men, and the two rival South Asian nuclear powers, closer, writes Iffat Idris from Islamabad