Israeli intransigence, in the face of international law and public opinion, dashes hopes for a settlement, of the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank

Iraqis should engage the exploding crisis of the refugees, writes Mundher Al-Adhami

The official Arab League summit photo from Riyadh reveals little about underlying Arab differences and contentions, Dina Ezzat reports

Not matter how far from the Arab summit he is, Gaddafi can always vie for the headlines

On Sunday, Mauritanians voted into power Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a historic presidential election, widely praised as free and legitimate by international observers...

Security Council members were unable to resist tremendous US pressure and unanimously adopted a new resolution imposing stricter sanctions against Iran, Khaled Dawoud reports from the United Nations

Stark choice for Somalia and the Horn of Africa, but Washington must keep out, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Two months since war broke out between the Yemeni government troops and armed rebels in Saada, there is no end in sight to the fighting, Nasser Arrabyee reports