United Nations
US/UN/IRAQ: Moscow hints it may back new US mandate
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday suggested that Moscow might support an extension...
United StatesIRAQ/US: Military agreement unravelling
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday stated that "the clock is ticking" on approval of a...
IraqSUDAN: Interests favour avoiding war, despite new arms
Since early October, pirates have been holding a Ukrainian freighter off the coast of Somalia,...
SudanRUSSIA/GEORGIA: Face-to-face talks did not materialise
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana today said that the EU "will do everything possible" to...
RussiaBALKANS: Serbia gains ICJ point but loses elsewhere
As Belgrade celebrated the UN General Assembly's approval yesterday of referral of Kosovo's...
BalkansKOSOVO: UN reopens trouble-hit court in Mitrovica
The district and county courts in Mitrovica will reopen on Monday after being closed by rioting...
KosovoIRAN/RUSSIA: Long-term rivalry will likely increase
The UN Security Council on September 27 passed a resolution on Iran's nuclear programme that...
IranIRAN/UN: Empty resolution sends weak signal
Iran said today it would not halt sensitive work on its nuclear programme despite the latest UN...
Iran