US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged India to buy less oil from Iran, in a US bid to squeeze the sanction-hit Islamic republic until it proves its nuclear programme is peaceful.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in India on Sunday at the end of a three-nation tour in a bid to revive cooperation between Washington and New Delhi.
France’s bruising presidential election campaign concludes with Socialist François Hollande pulling ahead in the polls, but François Picard’s panel points to a fickle far-right electorate that could spring surprises come Sunday. Also, the anti-Europe vote in Greece, and the UK and Washington’s blushes over China’s Chen affair.
France’s bruising presidential election campaign concludes with Socialist François Hollande pulling ahead in the polls, but François Picard’s panel points to a fickle far-right electorate that could spring surprises come Sunday. Also, the anti-Europe vote in Greece, and the UK and Washington’s blushes over China’s Chen affair.
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has left Beijing's US embassy where he had taken refuge after fleeing house arrest last week, officials said Wednesday. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive for talks in China starting Thursday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departed for China on Monday for "strategic and economic dialogue" that threatens to be overshadowed by the plight of escaped dissident Chen Guangcheng, who activists say has taken refuge at the US embassy.
Following a "Friends of Syria" meeting in Paris, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé (left) said the Syrian opposition has abided by the requirements of a proposed peace plan while the regime has pursued its "repressive tactics" despite a ceasefire.
Gulf states are creating a multimillion-dollar fund to pay Syrian opposition soldiers and army defectors, participants at the "Friends of Syria" summit in Istanbul announced on Sunday. Syria has called the meeting an "international conspiracy".
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh Thursday to meet Arab foreign ministers in further diplomatic efforts to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government to end over a year of violence.
Syrian forces continued to bombard rebel positions near the Turkish border on Tuesday as UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said President Bashar al-Assad had not responded to peace proposals made during Annan's visit to Damascus last weekend.
