Suicide bombing returns to the Israeli-Palestinian scene as the Palestinians continue to be deprived by Israel of the basic necessities of life, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Economic privation has been used before as an instrument of persuasion over Palestinians, but with the rise of Hamas this may be over, reports Erica Silverman

Kidnappings and death squads continue to tear Iraqi families apart, reports Firas Al-Atraqchi

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement that his country has gone nuclear has sounded alarm bells the world over, writes Mustafa El-Labbad

The tide has turned in the favour of Iran and Syria in the ongoing confrontation with Washington, writes Sami Moubayed

Ali Larijani, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and head of the Supreme National Security Council, tells Amira Howeidy that Iran does not need nuclear weapons to promote its influence in the region and that punishing Iran for pursuing a nuclear programme will damage everyone

The US public is being prepped for war on Iran in ways that echo to ill-fated war on Iraq, writes Emad Mekay