Afghan president Hamid Karzai gets support for plan to take lead on Afghan security; US and Korea plan major naval exercise; British PM David Cameron to make first White House visit; EU considers tougher Iran sanctions; and more
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World News Brief, Friday July 16
BP well test delayed when leak found in line; BP could be banned from obtaining further offshore US drilling leases for seven years; China's economic growth slows; UN Command and North Korea meet about sunken South Korean warship; Argentina legalises same-sex marriage; and more
Read MoreDragging Iran out of the Stone-Age
Global condemnation may have forced Iran to abandon plans to stone to death a woman 'convicted' of adultery, but don't count on it. The campaign to fight Sakineh Ashtiani's execution needs more recruits - now!
Read MoreNothing like a few nukes to bring back the mojo
While President Obama has been strutting the world stage with the "un-American" intention of stopping nuclear terrorism, his country's tea-partiers are working assiduously to undermine him
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday February 17
Operation Moshtarak: bin Laden associate captured but 15 civilians killed; Australian terrorists sentenced; Clinton warns Iran becoming a military dictatorship; Israel gives Russia telling off; and more
Read MoreNothing marks a party like a few executions
This week's 31st anniversary of the establishment of Iran's Islamic Republic is likely to be marked by bloody and brutal crackdowns on protesters and the execution of nine currently on death row. The question must now be how long before the regime implodes.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday January 7
Obama says US intelligence should have "connected dots" on Christmas day terror attempt; China criticises UN sanctions of Iran; Yemen arrests three terror plotters; Russian bombing; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday November 13
Ambassador says no more troops without improved governance; Thaksin accuses Thai leaders of "false patriotism"; Yemen says no to Iran military aid; Trade likely sticking point in Obama's China visit; and more
Read MoreImagine if Iran copied Israel
Iran goes into talks with the UN Security Council members, plus Germany, against a backdrop of various players lying and cheating and bullying—but at least staying within the nuclear rules...unlike Israel
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday September 15
Trade tiff between US and China; victims of needle stabbings get all-clear; Iran to meet with international community; Russia to fund weapons for Venezuela; and more
Read MoreKim Jong-Il plays with the Americans. Again
By demanding that none other than Bill Clinton come to resuce the imprisoned US journalists, the reclusive Kim Jong-Il has added to Barack Obama's foreign policy headache
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday July 17
China's economy bounces back; Clinton wants Iran negotiations; Honduran compromise offer; India to build nuclear reactors; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 8
Russia and US to dismantle hundreds of nuclear warheads; more Chinese protests defy lockdown (+backgrounders); Italy struggles to prepare for G8; Mousavi vows to fight on; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday June 30
Honduran president ousted in coup; Madoff sentenced to 150 years; Japan production on the rise; Iran releases British diplomats; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday June 25
OECD says economic decline nearing bottom; six-party talks become five-party talks; US Fed to consider interest rates; Obama criticises Iran; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday May 19
Iran top of agenda at Obama-Netanyahu meeting; analysis of Netanyahu's politics; PNG unrest over Chinese business; Tamil Tigers in 'final battle'; Indian markets climb; and more
Read MoreUS hypocrisy clouds Clinton's Mid-East headache
Can Hillary Clinton salvage a credible US foreign policy from its self-serving history?
Read MoreWhat's in a name, Mr Barack Hussein Obama?
Barack Hussein Obama is going the whole name hog in his inauguration and in so doing he may well define a new political generation. Names it seems are critical in top US politics – think Clinton, or Kennedy or Bush…
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday October 10
European and Asian markets stabilize; central banks offer coordinated rate cuts; will credit crunch spur a wave of protectionism?; S. Korea and Japan to reopen security talks; snap election in Ukraine; and more
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