Dubai ports debacle threatens the US trade agenda in the Middle East, writes Emad Mekay from Washington

According to a recent study, the Israel lobby in the US dictates Washington's Middle East policy. Emad Mekay reviews the report

Cuba is seeking partners in the region to resuscitate the non-alignment movement, writes Faiza Rady

Muslim immigrants seeking German nationality will have to pass a not-so-delicately devised test, while the German government is having answer to some tricky questions of its own, writes Rania Jaafar

From Moscow Shohdy Naguib assesses the intricacies of the presidential elections in Belarus

Protests that saw up to a million people on the streets of French cities last weekend could spell the end of prime minister Dominique de Villepin's presidential ambitions, writes David Tresilian in Paris

The sudden death before verdict of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic while on trial for war crimes has disappointed many and dealt a blow to the Hague tribunal, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama from the Hague