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Britain’s final military mission in Iraq is in disarray after a failure to seal an agreement with the Baghdad Government by the end of last month forced two British ships to leave and scores of Royal Navy trainers to suspend work.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there must be no exceptions to President Barack Obama’s demand that Israel stop its settlement activity.
Correspondents say it is the first time in years that US officials have been so vocal in...
The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is the son of a Hollywood spin doctor who was press agent for some big-name movie stars in the 1960s.
Mullen says his father taught him the art of crafting a message, though it didn’t seem much help at...
Burmese authorities have barred international observers from the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after allowing them to attend.
The government opened proceedings to diplomats and journalists on Wednesday, in an apparent response to criticism.
But a...
Russia and the US have been holding the first of three days of talks in Moscow on a new treaty aimed at reducing their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
Senior diplomats need to negotiate a replacement for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start I) of...
Human error was partly to blame for the “friendly fire” incident that killed a Royal Marine in Afghanistan, a coroner ruled today.
Marine Jonathan Wigley, 21, was engaged in a gun battle with the Taliban in Helmand province when he was hit...
Western governments have condemned the new charges brought against Burma’s pro-democracy opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded her immediate release, saying she was “deeply troubled” by...
Ten of America’s largest 19 banks need a combined $74.6bn (£50bn) of extra funds to boost their cash reserves.
That is the main finding of the so-called “stress tests” to see if the banks have sufficient capital to cope should the...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that waterboarding authorized by former President George W. Bush was torture, and the information gained from terror suspects through its use could have been obtained by other means.
“In...
Argentine police arrested 36 skinheads at an event celebrating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, officials told AFP on Wednesday.
The Sunday arrests came after a “prolonged and meticulous investigation,” said...
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