The Egyptian authorities have been challenged to bring those responsible for ordering or conducting forced ‘virginity tests’ to justice promptly.

Amnesty International has condemned the death sentence handed down by a Cairo military court against a 17-year-old boy.

There are serious questions to be asked about the unity pact between the two Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas, says Harry Hagopian. But meanwhile the Israeli prime minister remains dwarfed by the real significance of the Arab Spring, and a huge block to progress towards a just peace for all. He is still a tactician at best, with precious little strategic foresight.