Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic, who was jailed for her role in atrocities committed in the Balkan wars, was freed from a Swedish prison on Tuesday after she was granted early release.
In his “Climate Wars”, social psychologist Harald Welzer takes a look at the links between wars and climate, and how global warming is set to affect the relationship between countries.
US Senator John Kerry said in an interview with CNN that it would be "entirely irresponsible" to send more troops to Afghanistan until the country's lengthy election process delivers a clear verdict and the US knows who it will be working with.
What's to make of the decision by France and Great Britain to fly hundreds of Afghan illegal immigrants back to Kabul at a cost to tax payers in both countries estimated in millions of euros?
Defence Secretary Robert Gates (pictured) blamed the Taliban’s renewed momentum in Afghanistan on the failure to deploy more US troops, as the Obama administration faces a critical decision on its strategy in the war torn county.
Georgia started last year's five-day war with Russia by attacking rebel South Ossetia, an investigating team compiling an EU-ordered report has concluded. The report also blamed Russia for violating international law.
A car bomb targeting Ismail Khan, Afghanistan’s energy minister and a prominent political figure, in the western city of Herat Sunday killed at least three people, according to police officials. Khan was not hurt in the attack.
Italy held a ceremony at Ciampino Airport in Rome Sunday, as the bodies of the six soldiers who died in a suicide attack targeting NATO troops in Kabul arrived home. On Saturday, a separate ceremony took place in Kabul.
In a statement posted on a website frequently used by the Taliban, Mullah Omar, the movement’s reclusive leader, purportedly urged Afghans “not to be deceived” by US President Barack Obama’s justifications for the war.
Soldiers from 40 nations paid silent homage to the six Italian soldiers killed in Thursday’s attack at a somber ceremony in Kabul Saturday. The bodies of the slain troops are on their way home for Monday’s funerals.
