United Nations

  • May 9, 2008
  • 2 min read

LATIN AMERICA: FDI reached record levels in 2007

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region rose by 46% year-on-year in 2007, exceeding 100...

Latin America
  • May 6, 2008
  • 2 min read

IRAN/UN/IRAQ: Tehran defiant on Iraq, nuclear offer

The Permanent Five plus Germany will shortly present Iran with a revised package of incentives to...

Iran
  • May 5, 2008
  • 2 min read

SERBIA/KOSOVO: Prosecutor ups pressure to cooperate

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Serge...

Serbia
  • Apr 30, 2008
  • 7 min read

SERBIA/EU: EU pact will fail to bring stability

Serbia signed its own Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU yesterday....

Serbia
  • Apr 28, 2008
  • 2 min read

IRAN: Majlis run-offs extend conservative dominance

A senior IAEA official is returning to Iran today to continue talks on intelligence-based...

Iran
  • Apr 24, 2008
  • 2 min read

US/MIDDLE EAST: Bush seeks to bolster Abbas, talks

President George Bush meets Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today in an...

United States
  • Apr 23, 2008
  • 2 min read

IRAN: Political skirmishing intensifies

Outgoing Economy and Finance Minister Davud Danesh-Jafari today criticised the government's...

Iran
  • Apr 15, 2008
  • 2 min read

FRANCE/SOMALIA: French seize Le Ponant pirates

The 30 crew of the luxury yacht Le Ponant seized by a dozen Somali pirates on April 4 arrived in...

France