IRAQ By Mar 19 Seculars Gain as Religious Parties Lose Ground - Iraq's largest secular bloc appears to be the biggest surprise of the parliamentary elections at a time when some of the most well-known religious groups and figures have sustained great losses, preliminary election results so far indicate. MORE >>
MIDEAST By Mar 17 'Day of Rage' Engulfs Palestine - On Tuesday tens of hundreds of Palestinians of all political persuasions took to the streets, alleys and sidewalks as widespread rioting and protests spread across East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and into Israel proper. MORE >>
WORLD CUP By Mar 17 But South Africa Will Win - Less than a hundred days to go, and the world looks on, often more with scepticism than anticipation. MORE >>
MIDEAST By Mar 16 Israel-U.S. Tensions Continue to Percolate - Despite assurances by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday that the United States and Israel share a "close, unshakeable bond", the week-old crisis between the two allies continued to percolate here Tuesday. MORE >>
MIDEAST By Mar 16 Israeli Raids Target Children - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. Nearly 40 Palestinians were wounded and treated at nearby hospitals, as 25 were arrested during intense clashes. MORE >>
MIDEAST By Mar 15 U.S.-Israeli Tensions Escalating Quickly - The crisis touched off by last week's announcement of Israel's plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jews in Arab East Jerusalem during a high-profile visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden appears to be escalating rapidly. MORE >>
MIDEAST By Mar 15 An Unlikely Collision Takes Place - In the middle of last week, it seemed that the old cliché about the light at the end of the dark Middle East tunnel was being confirmed: the U.S. had successfully cajoled both Israel and the Palestinian Authority into beginning to talk again. MORE >>
CULTURE By Mar 15 Poor Patronage Killing Arab Cinema - Arab cinema, which had a promising presence at international film festivals during the 1990s, may now be going through a declining phase for lack of patronage. MORE >>
MIDEAST By Mar 14 Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare - Israeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50. MORE >>
US-ISRAEL By Mar 13 Tiff or Tipping Point? - "Condemn" is not a word that rolls trippingly off the tongue of a U.S. politician addressing anything having to do with actions, however objectionable, by Israel. MORE >>
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