Northeast Asia has again become the focus of world attention as Pyongyang successfully detonates an underground nuclear bomb, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The cancellation of Mozart's Idomeneo in Berlin has provoked fierce criticism across Germany. Should art censor itself for fear of offending religion? Katharina Goetze reads the German press

Last week, the US State Department released its annual Report on International Religious Freedom. This year's report detailed some surprising finds. Sahar El-Bahr reviews the report