Afghanistan prepares ahead of expected run-off vote in November. Israel seeks to change international rules of war. The US Congress approves Guantanamo bill. Uighur detainees missing in China’s Xinjiang region according to Human Rights Watch. All this and more in today’s security update.
PKK members surrender to Turkey to back peace reforms. Roy Bennett trial threatens Zimbabwe unity government. Top Islamabad University bombed whilst Pakistan Taliban captures ground. U.S. offers new approach towards Sudan and more in today's Security Briefing.
Hussein Onyango Obama, the US president's Kenyan grandfather, endured torture in a British prison
My mandate for this column is to write about global affairs, but I was asked gently by my editor if I might like to say anything about black history month
Despite all the differences between the two wars, and the countries prosecuting them, the parallels provide a tool with which to investigate the potential consequences of the American occupation of Iraq
What has surprised most people is the apparent US willingness to consider using nuclear weapons first, and using them on a small scale.
