The world's biggest election in India, which passed the halfway mark last week, has entered its second-biggest day of staggered polls, in which Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party is widely seen as the front-runner to be country's next prime minister. In the...
The UNSecretary General has accused all parties in Syria's civil war of "flagrant violations" of international law over the delivery of aid. Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council to act to implement a resolution passed in February demanding greater access. In his second report to...
Asymmetrical wars in Afghanistan, Vietnam, and now in Syria demonstrate all too clearly that relatively small numbers of belligerents can carry out successful military operations against superior forces. But still, firepower is extremely important. A country's projection of power relies in...
VIDEO: Bite of Noor in Dari below and in Central NewsOCN video folder Afghanistan&aposs election commission has delayed releasing preliminary results from the country&aposs April 5 presidential election to allow more time to investigate possible fraud. A...
BANGUI, 23 April 2014 (IRIN) - Data collected at a hospital clinic for malnourished children in the Central African Republic (CAR) suggests that many of the childrens’ parents present symptoms of post-traumatic stress directly linked to their exposure to extreme violence, according to the NGO...
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ON his first of eight days in Asia intended to affirm that the US’s “pivot” back to the region remains on course, President Barack Obama yesterday in Tokyo laid down a clear line on a sensitive strategic issue: the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute. PremiumContent To access premium...
