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UN extends Nato mandate in Afghanistan

09.10.09

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of Nato-led troops in Afghanistan for a year.... more

Obama warns Iran over secret nuclear plant

25.09.09

Nuclear tensions soar as Barack Obama condemns Iran over a suspected secret uranium enrichment plant hidden in the mountains... more

Brown demands sanctions to stop Iran’s arms race

24.09.09

Gordon Brown issues sternest warning yet to Iran, calling for 'tough and immediate sanctions for those who break the rules' on weapons proliferation... more

Barack Obama’s Russian gamble pays off

24.09.09

When President Obama unilaterally abandoned plans for an anti-missile programme in Poland and the Czech Republic, his initiative went down badly among US conservatives... more

Cut in Trident submarine fleet ‘would ease tensions’

23.09.09

Gordon Brown will signal his readiness to scale back Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent as part of international deal to dramatically cut the world's nuclear arsenal... more

The Mayor’s U-turn is right but unfortunate

23.09.09

Boris Johnson's decision to do a U-turn on abolishing the western zone next year will do him some political harm... more

Gordon Brown warns of no early end to 'fiscal stimulus'

22.09.09

Gordon Brown warns there will be no early end to international 'fiscal stimulus' package agreed by world leaders to drag the global economy out of recession... more

Heathrow bomb plot 'terror banker' free in London

08.09.09

Suspected key figure in airliner bomb plot is alleged al Qaeda activist living freely in London... more

N Korea: We have found a new way to make nuclear weapons

04.09.09

North Korea said it was closer to a second way of making nuclear weapons - a move analysts saw as a new tactic to put pressure on the international community... more

Afghanistan opium production falls by a third in Helmand

02.09.09

Opium cultivation in the area of Afghanistan where most British troops are based dropped by a third this year, a report reveals... more

UN fails to condemn sentence on Burma's Suu Kyi

12.08.09

UN Security Council failed to agree a resolution condemning the sentencing of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another 18 months detention... more

Britain wins backing from G8 over detained embassy employee

09.07.09

Britain has won strong support from G8 nations in its row with Iran over a detained embassy employee... more

WORLD: 1953 truce not valid, says Korea

27.05.09

North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the South by declaring it was no longer bound by the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953... more

WORLD: N Korea fires two missiles in show of defiance

26.05.09

North Korea has fired two more shortrange missiles off its east coast, in definace of international condemnation... more

Tamils step up London protest

20.04.09

Thousands of Tamil protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka brought traffic to a standstill outside the Houses of Parliament... more

UN fails to agree over North Korea's missile launch

06.04.09

The United Nations failed to agree a response to North Korea's rocket launch, despite pressure from Washington and its allies for action... more

Hillary Clinton slams 'provocative' N Korean missile launch

26.03.09

President Barack Obama is heading for what could be his first foreign crisis over North Korea's plans to launch a long-range missile... more

Tanks roll into heart of Gaza

13.01.09

Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza City amid reports of some of the most fierce fighting so far in its war against Hamas... more

Israel rejects UN vote for ceasefire as 'unworkable'

09.01.09

Israel and Hamas have rejected a United Nations call for an immediate ceasefire as the Gaza conflict continued with heavy fire from both sides... more

Only Obama can end this bloody stalemate as Gaza cries for help

29.12.08

As Israel prepares an all-out attack on Hamas, one expert on the region says that a new US President must now seize his chance to intervene... more

Israel: ‘War to the bitter end’ against Hamas

29.12.08

Israel has vowed "war to the bitter end" with Hamas as it stepped up its bombardment of the Gaza strip... more

I'm ashamed of my nation's failure over Zimbabwe, says Tutu

24.12.08

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused South Africa of failing to stand up to Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe spiralled deeper into crisis... more

Brown: Troops have completed the task and leave a better place

17.12.08

A withdrawal of troops from Iraq is confirmed, fuelling speculation that more will be sent to Afghanistan... more

Indian navy blows Somali pirate ship out of the water

20.11.08

A pirate "mothership" has been blown up and sunk by an Indian warship as the piracy crisis off the coast of east Africa escalates... more

Straw defends role over 'illegal' invasion of Iraq

18.11.08

Two senior Labour figures have hit back after their role in backing the invasion of Iraq was condemned as "flawed"... more

Russian tanks 'enter city in violation of ceasefire'

13.08.08

Georgia accused Moscow of breaching their ceasefire agreement as Russian tanks were reported to have entered the key city of Gori... more

The return of Putin and humiliation for the West

12.08.08

As Russian forces push further into Georgia, the Kremlin hawks see the invasion as payback time for George Bush and Nato. But a military triumph will leave Moscow the loser in the long run... more