Al-Qaeda is in its worst financial state for years and its influence is severely threatened, according to the U.S. Treasury.
Speaking in Washington on Monday, David Cohen, the Treasury&
North Korea could agree to return to multilateral talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme, depending on the outcome of planned bilateral talks with the United States.
Following a three-day
European Union defence ministers have expressed reluctance to committing more troops to Afghanistan except as part of a limited plan training the Afghan military and police.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev set out his desire to restructure Europe's existing security architecture on Monday, suggesting Switzerland could mediate negotiations between Russia and European NATO members.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned that India had failed to successfully suppress a forty-year-old Maoist insurgency, and that violence was increasing in many states.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that he will not negotiate Iran's ‘obvious rights' to pursue a nuclear programme. In his first news conference since his re-election
Yemeni government forces have killed over 100 Houthi fighters, including two of the movement's commanders, in fierce fighting in the country's mountainous northern province of Amran.
Forty-eight hours before the country holds its heavily anticipated presidential elections,Afghanistan was again blighted by violence today. Two rockets targeted Kabul in the early hours of Tuesday morning, one
US drone strikes Taliban stronghold as Peshawar attacked
A suspected US drone strike has killed at least eight Taliban militants in South Waziristan, Pakistan, where Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud
Australian police today detained four men suspected of planning to carry out a suicide terrorist attack on an army base. The four suspects are all Australian nationals of Lebanese or
