The blogosphere is one of the Iranian people's only outlets of expression. Worldpress.org reviews a collection of blogs from Iranians reacting to the election and the ensuing protests and brutality.

The degree to which the Romanian economy has begun to crumble, in both the state and private sectors, puts the country at imminent risk or national bankruptcy.

Iran's fraudulent elections were designed to deceive the world, and now the backlash is coming from masses opposed not only to Ahmadinejad but to the regime as a whole.

Despite efforts of sanction against Fiji by neighboring countries, as well as significant frictions within its own borders, forces in Fiji struggle to push toward a new democratic era.

In this small country still recovering from civil war, the demand for water far outweighs the supply.

Turkey's Parliament has voted to extend for another year the mission of the country's troops in Lebanon which would have expired on September 5. Turkey has around 1,000 troops, most of them sailors, in the force.

Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP) leader Asaad Hardan announced Tuesday the formation of a parliamentary bloc which comprises SSNP and Baath MPs. Hardan said "due to the importance of unifying our parliamentary blocs, we announce the formation of the National

Spokeswoman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Yasmina Bouziane reaffirmed Tuesday that "the location that witnessed Israeli Army operations [last week] lies to the south of the withdrawal line and out of UNIFIL's jurisdiction," she said. Last

President Michel Sleiman and Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri both expressed optimism on Tuesday concerning the upcoming post-elections phase During a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa in Egypt, Hariri stressed that the ongoing political

Officials in Beirut revealed on Tuesday that 23 Lebanese detainees in Syria were supposed to have been freed from prison last month, as local media reported that the citizens had been freed. Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar told The Daily Star

An Israeli Cabinet minister who made headlines last week for racist remarks about Arabs paid a rare visit to Occupied Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque Tuesday, prompting condemnation from Palestinian religious leaders. Nine years ago, a similar visit sparked a bloody uprising.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday praised Iranians protesting against the election results and said Tehran's "aggressive and violent" behavior made it the greatest threat to peace. "I believe that the courage shown by the people of Iran in

President Barack Obama condemned Iran's crackdown on anti-government protesters on Tuesday in his strongest comments yet, declaring the United States "appalled and outraged" by the violence in Tehran. At his fourth White House news conference, Obama also said he was

Iranian authorities said they would teach an exemplary lesson to "rioters" held in the worst unrest since the birth of the Islamic Republic and accused Western powers of inciting the violence. Riot police and Basij militia on Tehran's main squares

World-renowned linguist, scholar and political analyst professor Noam Chomsky has written extensively on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and on US foreign policy. Chomsky shares his views on recent developments in the Middle East with The Daily Star.

Marwan Iskander, a Lebanese economist who has published 11 books on the economies of the Middle East and has advised three Lebanese prime ministers, ventured into Russian territories with his latest publication, an informative and well-researched book entitled "The Bear

Iran's hardline leadership seemed to have gained the upper hand yesterday, with riot police and Basiji militia combining to keep opposition demonstrators from Tehran's squares and Mirhossein Mousavi reportedly under 24-hour guard.

Iran's rulers turned their fury towards the outside world yesterday, starting tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions with Britain and accusing the head of the United Nations of "meddling" in the country's affairs by "ignorantly following domineering powers".