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Ukraine one year on: prepare for a cold diplomatic winter
It’s overstating things to say Russia and the west have entered a new cold war. But one year after the Ukraine crisis began, the situation is still deeply depressing.
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It’s overstating things to say Russia and the west have entered a new cold war. But one year after the Ukraine crisis began, the situation is still deeply depressing.
The Home Secretary warns that if they are not disrupted, the Islamic State group could acquire weapons of mass destruction – but has that threat been ‘sexed up’?
Have we learned from 9/11? From my own experience reporting sporadically across the region for over three decades, my fear is that we have not.
I don’t have any answers, but anybody who thinks there can be anything “permanent” in the disorder thus created is crazy.
The US is considering drone strikes to help the Iraqi government, Secretary of State John Kerry says, after photos emerge that appear to show Sunni extremists massacring captured Iraqi soldiers.
The world is waking up to the fact that Obama’s United States is a declining superpower that no longer wants to act like one.
Thousands dead, millions displaced, and daily atrocities – the Geneva II talks to find peace in Syria are aimed at finding a crucial solution, but the challenges seem insurmountable.
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych calls for “compromise and dialogue” with the opposition after violent clashes between protesters and riot police continue in Kiev.
Joe Biden and Tony Blair praise Israel’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon for his determination at his state funeral on Monday.
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s body lies in state outside parliament in Jerusalem, where thousands of Israelis wait to bid farewell to the controversial statesman.
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
We may have failed to engage with him first time round, but this time, despite all the hurdles and pitfalls, 2013 could prove to have been Hassan Rouhani’s hour, with more to come.
Foreign Secretary William Hague says a deal struck with Iran over its nuclear programme has made the world a safer place, and it is now time to test Tehran’s “readiness to act in good faith”.
Iran and the world are talking, and talking specifics about nuclear issues, energy sanctions, and draconian curbs on Iran’s ability to do business with the outside world.
Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia agree on a UN Security Council draft resolution designed to rid Syria of its chemical weapons.