Alan Hart considers the possibility that the whistleblower website Wikileaks is being manipulated by an intelligence service to achieve specific objectives, namely to maximize perceptions that Iran is a serious

Jonathan Cook argues that the disclosure by Wikileaks of secret US diplomatic cables highlight “Washington’s own sense of the limits on its global role” but that “the world’s finite resources

From champion of the vulnerable to betrayer in one bound! Nick Clegg, Britain's new deputy prime minister, is surprisingly agile.

Amnesty International today called on the Egyptian authorities to ensure that all candidates and voters are not harassed or intimidated by security forces, supporters of the ruling party and others

"No matter what happens "the Arabs will be blamed….American cowardice – in the face of the immensely powerful Jewish lobby in the US – has produced a situation in which

In a recent statement POMED’s director Stephen McInerney, emphasized that it was imperative that the US continue to persuade Egypt to run transparent elections. He pointed to the significance of

Egypt criticised the United States on Thursday for interfering in its affairs after Washington called for foreign monitors in this month's parliamentary elections and met with a group pressing for

A statement issued by Egypt's Foreign Ministry condemned the United States interference in its affairs after Washington called for foreign monitors in this month's parliamentary elections and met with a

Egyptian authorities must independently investigate, without delay, allegations that a young man was tortured to death at a police station in Alexandria, and guarantee the safety of another young man

The Middle East is about to change. No, the dysfunctional political systems are not about to become more free or fair or democratic. National economies are not going to improve