The threat of an invasion didn't materialize, and yet the Turkish army's activities in northern Iraq Wednesday revealed that it is only waiting for the right opportunity to launch strikes against the Kurdish separatist organization PKK in northern Iraq. Emotions are running dangerously high.

Let us to have a world without dirty politics with learning how to read and write for every single person in the world. It is important for us to let people to learn and write if we want to live in peace.

Millions in Sub-Saharan Africa are infected with the HIV virus which causes AIDS. But efforts to curb the disease continue to fail due to disinformation and bad politics. What can be done?

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is stepping down on June 27 after a decade in 10 Downing Street. On the eve of his departure, DER SPIEGEL spoke with him about the results of the G-8 summit, the war in Iraq, and his feelings about leaving office.

As Hamas gets the control of all the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for the UN to help Palestinians -- and for the first time, Israel doesn’t have any problem with. But is it too late to prevent the Palestinian territories splitting between a Hamas-controlled Gaza and a Fatah-dominated West Bank?

With Hamas emerging victorious in the Gaza Strip, and President Mahmoud Abbas sacking the government and appointing a new prime minister, the rival factions seem to be splitting the Palestinian Territories in two. The US and Israel may now bolster Fatah.

Mark your calendars and get out your sleeping bags. Apple and AT&T stores will begin selling the much awaited iPhone on June 29, and lines are expected to be long.

All of Europe's internal divisions were revealed at the Brussels summit. Once again, selfish national interests were promoted with tricks, threats and embarrassing haggling. Nevertheless the result is a step forward for the European Union.

It is an extremely barbarian killing form. For the first time after many years two people were condemned to a stoning them to death in Iran. Human rights activists see a political campaign of the Ahmadinedschad regime in the judgment.

A class action suit is to be filed in Israel against the German government on behalf of the children of Holocaust survivors who are in urgent need of psychological treatment.

German writer Guenter Wallraff wants to stir things up in his hometown of Cologne. He is proposing reading the 'Satanic Verses' in a controversial new mosque. The religious foundation building the mosque says it'll think about it.

For some, presidential candidate Barack Obama looks like the savior of American politics. But a visit to a campaign speech provides a sobering wake-up call: The senator from Illinois does not live up to the myth his campaigners are trying to create.

The final tale in the global phenomenon that is the Harry Potter series hits the bookshops on Friday night. But in Israel the launch coincides with the Sabbath. Booksellers are pledging to sell the book despite a government minister's warning of hefty fines.