The US Ambassador to Kabul cables the Whitehouse expressing his reservations about troop increases. President Obama faces diplomatic hurdles in his visit to Japan. Saudi Arabia evacuates villages and closes schools in response to escalating violence in Yemen. All this and more, in today’s security
The IAEA has asked Iran to explain evidence that it has tested a sophisticated design for a nuclear warhead. Saudi Arabia continues its assaults on Yemeni militants. The agreement that ended the Honduras political crisis has collapsed. All this and much more in today’s update.
Iran seeks alterations to an international agreement over its nuclear programme. The political stand off in Honduras appears to have been solved by an agreement between Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti. Presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah withdraws his candidacy from the Afghanistan elector
International agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme on the verge of failure. Further bomb blasts strike Pakistan. The US commander in Afghanistan is due to address NATO. All this and more in today’s security update.
Speaking on Thursday, Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, endorsed the recent UN report into the Gaza war and called for ‘impartial, independent, prompt and effective
Ahead of a meeting with US envoy to the middle east George Mitchell on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman announced that he would tell the envoy that there was
On Friday, the four national sponsors of the United Nations Human Rights Council's controversial official report into the Gaza War decided to defer a vote to adopt its
On Thursday Jiang Yu, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, endorsed renewed diplomatic efforts as being the best means for resolving the ongoing dispute surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme.
Speaking on Thursday, US President Barack Obama announced that plans for a European ‘missile shield’ to guard the US and her allies against ballistic missiles have been shelved. Specifically, the
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appeared to rule out further sanctions against Iran at a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, instead placing his faithin the latest set of diplomatic
It was reported on Friday that a NATO air strike on hijacked oil tankers in northern Afghanistan claimed the lives of sixty people, many of them civilians. According to the
