Middle East
Blair: “The money is just a way of funding the rest of the things I do”
Tony Blair hit back against allegations of financial impropriety relating to his Middle East role in an interview on Indian TV last night, reports Shamik Das.
Attacks on Ashton as misleading as they are unhelpful
Katharina Klebba, events manager of the Fabian Society, on the many attacks on European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Baroness Catherine Ashton.
The A-Z of Ayman al-Zawahiri
Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's long-serving deputy, the man described as the "operational brains behind 9/11", was today appointed bin Laden's successor as al-Qaeda chief.
Inside the “We believe in Israel” conference
Seph Brown, the UK Director of Prosper Palestine, reports from the "We believe in Israel" conference, held at a location in central London yesterday.
Settlement construction remains an obstacle to peace
Over the last few years the world has been moving towards a growing consensus over a key barrier to peace in the region - continuing Israeli settlement of the Palestinian West Bank, reports Seph Brown.
Wave of unrest spreads to Syria
As the world comes to terms with intervention in Libya, and while Yemen and Bahrain once again resort to violence to quell popular uprisings, another Arab state has begun to feel the familiar rumbling of unrest, reports Seph Brown.