Serial blasts in India
In coordinated serial blasts, bombs ripped through court complexes in three cities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Courts in Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi were struck, and at least thirteen people have been killed.
Indian officials have blamed the blasts on "groups who are trying to spread terror in our country".
Watch the news unfold in this video from the 24-hour news broadcaster IBN.
The doomed conference?
Though a widespread consensus of disillusionment precedes the impending Annapolis conference on the middle east crisis, Aluf Benn argues in Haaretz that Ehud Olmert - and Mahmoud Abbas - have much to gain by attending.
Walid Salem in Bitterlemons argues that "normalisation" will only come about through the encouragement of bilateral initiatives at the civil society and sub-political level. Peace can be reached despite political leaders.
Arab ministers have urged the United States to include the issue of the disputed Golan Heights in the agenda so that Syria can join next week's conference.
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An Iraqi national residing in Britain, who is also under a "control order" for alleged links to terrorist groups, has been banned from pursuing the study of human biology. He has taken his case to the high courts, prompting a serious legal and ethical debate on the threat of knowledge.
Islamabad cries foul at Commonwealth omission
Pakistan is protesting the decision of the Commonwealth to suspend its membership because of the imposition of emergency rule. The suspension, which echoes a similar move in 1999 when Pervez Musharraf came to power, is thought to be largely symbolic.
Baghdad pet market bombed
A pet market in Baghdad was bombed, with thirteen people thought to have been killed and fifty injured. The bomb was hidden in a birdcage.
Kurdish party to be banned?
Turkish authorities are threatening to ban the Democratic Society Party (DTP), a Kurdish political party which Ankara claims has maintained ties with separatists. DTP politicians have entered the parliament for the first time this year.
On nuclear terrorism
Michael A. Levi of the Council on the Foreign Relations speaks about the threat of nuclear terrorism to the United States.
