At the OSCE summit 10 years ago this week, Russia and NATO agreed a deal on troop and armament withdrawals from Moldova. It remains unratified, as Russia still has a military presence there. But if it follows through with reform, things may start looking up for this tiny country caught in a frozen
Barack Obama’s fresh military approach in Afghanistan may only compound the United States’s predicament there - and postpone the moment for the hardest choice of all.
The UN Security Council renews its sanctions against rebel groups in the eastern DRC. Indian government announces plans to reduce troop levels in Kashmir. Ousted Honduran president denied chance to serve the remainder of his term in officer by a majority vote of law-makers. A provincial governor i
Obama announces 30,000 troop build-up in Afghanistan. Sri Lanka must help refugees leaving camps, say UN and rights groups. Chechen rebels claim responsibility for Russian train bomb. Iran releases five British sailors. Bhopal water sill toxic 25 years after deadly gas leak. Suicide bomber hits Is
The number of love marriages might have increased in India's cities but the reality remains different in many of its villages
Afghanistan has long experience of complex arrangements with local/traditional forms of governance. It is possible to see what factors work for peace-building and which do not
Iran intends to continue its uranium enrichment programme. Somali pirates take America-bound oil vessel. Israel outlines prisoner exchange. Britain insists Pakistan and Afghanistan contribute more to counter-insurgency. Saudi Arabian claims victory over Yemeni rebels. All this and more in today's
The prime minister of Pakistan has warned the Obama administration against increasing troop levels in Afghanistan. The IAEA has levelled unprecedented criticism against Iran and its nuclear ambitions. The Indian defence minister has voiced concern over increasingly close ties between Beijing and I
Eight years, billions of dollars and thousands of Afghan lives require accountability. The international community swings from one extreme of trying to modernize every institution to uncritically embracing all that is "traditional." What should they do? A reply to Oliver Richmond.
There is a growing wave of unrest among young women at the failure of governments to recognise and implement reproductive rights as a human right for all.
On the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, Priyal Sanghavi looks at the trial of the sole surviving terrorist and its impact on India-Pakistan relations
Human Rights Watch publishes a disturbing new report, "Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and Ill-treatment of Terror Suspects in Pakistan"
