Hyper-inflation and 80 per cent unemployment are the real target outcomes of Israel's siege on Gaza, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Palestinians trickling back to Nahr Al-Bared camp tell of a burned, looted scene of desolation, Lucy Fielder reports

Amid intensifying factional infighting, human misery and humanitarian disaster, the Somali prime minister resigns, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Diplomacy appears to be faltering as the Turkish-Kurd crisis continues to broil, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad

Barring swift concrete moves to eradicate separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, a Turkish military incursion appears inevitable, reports Gareth Jenkins from Istanbul

Tables turn as Darfur rebels cripple international efforts, reports Gamal Nkrumah