Extremist Zionist rabbis plan to pay a controversial visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, knowing full well the anger it will provoke, writes Khaled Amayreh from East Jerusalem

Al-Siniora's request for an international tribunal to be held in the Al-Hariri assassination will do little to allay the country's political tensions, Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut

The dispute between the West and Sudan masks a deeper faultline -- the struggle between China and the US for hegemony in Africa, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The chances of a Palestinian state are fast diminishing, as Israel forges ahead with the Judaisation of East Jerusalem, writes Stuart Reigeluth

Political intrigue, violence and mayhem continue unabated in Iraq, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad

Tensions are mounting again between Tehran and Washington following a brief respite in the slide towards disaster, reports Mustafa El-Labbad

In Geneva, Dina Ezzat surveys the colossal humanitarian toll that politics creates or leaves behind, as key regional political crises remain unresolved

Iraqi and Palestinian refugees discuss the moral pain they suffer despite having their rights protected, writes Serene Assir from Malmo