• UAE calls for political action to stop 'repressive Damascus’

• Maliki chooses ‘cosmetic solution’ for Iraq sectarian wounds

• Strategic city of Qusayr falls into hands of Assad forces

• Saudi Arabia vies to dissuade its nationals from joining ‘jihad’ in Syria

• Iran unveils its ‘hostility’ towards Bahrain in unprecedented verbal salvo

• Tunisia Salafists change site of gathering in last minute maneuver

• Talented Serbian Milojevic wins “Mediterranee Avenir” in Casablanca

• Bomb explodes near three embassies in Tripoli amid growing security fears

• Qaeda takes no break in Yemen: Assassination of intelligence officer

• Absence of security as violence grips Libya’s Benghazi

• Tough measures against expatriates raise concerns in Kuwait

• Clashes in Tunisia as Ansar al-Sharia clings to escalation

• Internet enters ‘coma’ ahead of Iran presidential election

• Assad, Hezbollah forces launch their promised assault on Qusayr

• Bouteflika’s ‘coma’ leads to censorship of two Algerian dailies

• Assad casts doubt on US-Russian peace initiative

• Confrontation with Salafists looms in Tunisia: Who will blink first?

• Yemen blames jet crashes on ‘systematic sabotage' of air force

• Obama sways Erdogan on Russia-US brokered Syria conference

• ‘People want to overthrow regime’ in Egypt

Two and a half years after the Arab uprisings erupted, we are starting to witness the first small signs of the regional implications of the birth of Arab citizens and a public political sphere defined by populist legitimacy, notes Rami G. Khouri.

Because of all the disputes between Iraq’s central government and the authorities in the semi-autonomous state of Iraqi Kurdistan on, amongst other topics, how the oil industry is managed, the central government has been playing politics with its fuel coupons, writes Shwan Zulal.

Unlike other acts of boycott, sometimes dismissed by Israeli officials as insignificant, this one was manifestly shocking for Israel, stresses Ramzy Baroud.

I fear there may be a time when we aren’t there to be a sounding board for our kids. As my son takes in every word, I quietly hope I’m not scaring him, writes Naazish YarKhan.

Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria, notes Immanuel Wallerstein.

Pakistan is not so different from other majority-Muslim states, which all share a history of authoritarian, top-down forced adoption to western modernity, characterized by accepting an imposed economic system of capitalism and a political system composed of ‘sovereign’ ethnically distinct nation states, says Eric Walberg.

Haaretz says US Secretary of State, who is trying to revive peace talks, intervened with EU foreign policy chief at Israel's request.

Oscar winner’s film, which is one of most-keenly awaited films at Cannes, is Paris-set tale about shifting relationships.