World

New York, 24 October, 2003– Early in her political career she knocked on doors asking for voters’ support for her candidacy. Now, at the United Nations, Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey is knocking on the doors of […]

Ankara, 20 October 2003– Reporters Without Borders (RSF) gave a scathing review of Turkmenistan’s press freedom record, describing it as the worst in Central Asia and one of the world’s top 10 offenders. ”This is […]

Rome, 15 October– Three years after it stopped being a recipient of aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Viet Nam today delivered almost 1,500 tons of rice to Iraq, the agency said. […]

Kabul, 12 October– The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today reported that the ceasefire signed late last week in Balkh has largely held in recent days, while Mazar-e-Sharif is reported to be calm. […]

WASHINGTON, 8 October — The president’s national security adviser defended the national security strategy of pre-emption and said that discoveries in Iraq show it was the right tack to take. Condoleezza Rice told the Chicago […]

Islamabad, 7 October– Angry crowds rampaged through Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday, a day after a prominent Sunni leader was shot dead near Islamabad, setting a cinema on fire, smashing cars and traffic signals and vowing […]

Ankara, 6 October– The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), as head of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, announced on Monday it had taken the first step towards possible expansion of its peacekeeping […]

Kabul, 6 October– UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy, speaking on the second day of a visit to Afghanistan, today congratulated the Afghan Transitional Government for an “unparalleled success” in registering the births of 775,000 children […]