Lebanon buries Eido
A day after a bomb killed Walid Eido, a member of parliament with the Future Movement, hundreds joined the slain MP's funeral chanting against Syria and the allegedly pro-Syrian Lebanese president Emile Lahoud. Syria continues to be blamed for the killings of anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians.
ToD was on the streets of Beirut when Lebanon buried Pierre Gemayel in 2006. Read Paige Austin's report as she takes the pulse of Lebanese politics.
Sunni mosques targeted in Iran
In the wake of the bombing of the sacred Shia Askariya mosque in Iraq, Sunni mosques have been targeted in mainly Shia Iran.
Several Sunni mosques have been burned south of Baghdad, as Shia leaders scramble to head off further sectarian violence.
UN renews Iraq troop mandate
The United Nations has refreshed its mandate for foreign troops to serve in Iraq in peacemaking and peacekeeping missions.
Indonesian counter-terrorism energised
Since the capture of Abu Dujana, the alleged head of the Islamist radical group Jemaah Islamiyah - thought to be responsible for the Bali bombings - Indonesian counter-terror have redoubled their efforts to clamp down on radical militant activity within the vast archipelago nation.
Alertnet profiles the possible roster of active militant groups in Indonesia.
Hamas tightens control over Gaza
Gaza residents claim that Hamas fighters have taken over large chunks of the territory, surrounding Fatah redoubts, as infighting continues in the strife-ridden strip.
Hamas has insisted that it won't accept an international peacekeeping force in Gaza.
The European Union has suspended humanitarian aid to Gaza as the "suicidal" fighting continues.
Nagorno-Karabakh talks hit wall
Eurasianet bemoans the fruitlessness of recent meetings between Azerbaijani and Armenian officials over the prickly issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, with discussions on 9 June ending without approaching a breakthrough.
Delta militant released
Alertnet runs a profile of Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a militia leader released by a Nigerian court in keeping with demands from a militant group disrupting oil production in resource-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
British troops must observe European law
The House of Lords has ruled that British troops are bound to European human rights laws while they are deployed abroad. The ruling may force changes in the way UK forces fight in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ethiopian opposition shackled
Human rights activists are up in arms over the conviction of 39 opposition leaders in Ethiopia for allegedly "instigating rebellion" against the authorities. Dissidents in Ethiopian have long suggested that the country's leader, Meles Zenawi, has cultivated American backing and attacked Islamists in Somalia in order to screen attention from the clampdown on dissent in his own country.
Somali insurgents have struck Ethiopian positions in a growing trend of guerrilla, hit-and-run attacks on the foreign troops.
Russia jails servicemen for Chechnya massacre
A Russian court has sentenced four Russian servicemen to jail terms for the killings of six Chechen civilians in 2002. Three of the servicemen remain at large, while the sole soldier in custody was sentenced to nine years in jail.
Mumbai sentencing continues
Sentencing proceeds apace for the 100 people found guilty for the 1993 Mumbai bombings. An Indian court today jailed a man for life while sentencing two women to five years in prison.
The Indian army claims to have intercepted a major militant attack plot in the disputed state of Kashmir.
Violence continues in Turkey
Despite calling a supposed ceasefire, Kurdish fighters have killed at least two Turkish soldiers in the last twenty four hours.
The Turkish daily Milliyet cautions that Turkish counterterrorist policy must be careful not to alienate Kurds opposed to the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), while any incursion into Iraq must be precise and not succumb to the same fate that has met American efforts in the country.
