Results of Egypt's phenomenally complex election are now more or less complete.
Washington needs to normalize relations with Iran, openly repudiate the Israeli war drums, and finally accept the verdict of history in Iran adverse to its strategic ambitions, writes Richard A Falk.
France has suspended all operations with the Afghan army after four French troops were killed in friendly fire -- a stark comparison to Julia Gillard's reaction to three Aussies being shot last November, writes Richard Farmer.
The people of Egypt have demanded a fundamental shift in their relationship with the state, and substantial improvement to their material well being, writes Austin G Mackell, an Australian journalist in Egypt.
Where are Iran's nuclear sites? What do they look like? Google Maps, satellite photographs and Al Jazeera allow readers a birds eye view of Tehran's reactors, uranium mines and power plants.
It's fair to say that the Arab League observer mission to Syria started with low expectations.
Not merely has the grotesque régime of Bashar al-Assad increased the tempo of its slaughter of protesters and opponents since the Arab League dispatched monitors to the country, but the monitors themselves have been attacked by pro-régime forces.
Iranians have emerged as a rapidly rising category of asylum seekers arriving by boat since the middle of last year, writes Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.
Hosni Mubarak is on trial for his life but his wife Suzanne -- who many believ, was the puppeteer pulling the strings in Egypt's powerhouse -- is nowhere to be seen. Suzy Hansen profiles the former First Lady.
The prosecutor in the trial of Hosni Mubarak has asked for nothing less than a hard goodbye for the fallen Egyptian leader, claiming "any fair judge must issue a death sentence," reports Hamza Hendawi.
