Four years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, Iraqis are dying or being forced from their homes daily by a vicious sectarian war, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad

Efforts by the United States to impose stricter sanctions on Iran faltered as members of the Security Council insisted that the Permanent Five were not necessarily the perfect five. Khaled Dawoud reports from the United Nations

Khartoum rankles at international pressure to bring human rights violators to justice, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Palestinians celebrate speaking with one voice while Israel remains deaf -- and brutal -- as ever, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Lebanon's deadlock drags on while hopes of a breakthrough before the Arab summit are dwindling, writes Lucy Fielder in Beirut

Mauritania gears up for a second round of polling this month, though what the two presidential hopefuls stand for remains somewhat obscure, writes James Martin in Nouakchott<

Four years into its illegal and barbaric war on Iraq, the United States cannot, nor will it ever, win, writes Hana Abdul Ilah Al Bayaty