Closer ties with Nato stressed

The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit has come and gone. Compared with the hype that preceded it in this country, the results appeared to be meagre. However, as participants in a Frontier Advisory-organised seminar pointed ...

Presidents Putin and Obama negotiate at the G20 summit in Mexico. — Reuters photo, Mexico ANY event that impacts on the United States homeland security would have worldwide repercussions. The repercussions of the Boston Marathon bombings are most ...

To us in Ghana, the conference that was held in Addis Ababa in May 1963 to give birth to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was as exciting as an international football match.Lined up on one side of the 'pitch' was a group of African states ...

North Korea declares "State of War" with South - 30Mar2013 SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday declared it was in a "state of war" with South Korea and wa... published: 30 Mar 2013 author: North Korea declares "State of War" with South - 30Mar2013 ...

DOHA — A Syrian opposition leader, taking Syria's seat at an Arab summit for the first time on Tuesday, said the US should use Patriot missiles to protect rebel-held areas from President Bashar al-Assad's airpower. Moaz Alkhatib said he had sought ...

Summary[1] The EU and its member states are designing differing strategies to engage with Asia and its various regional processes that could be made to complement each other if they were to be developed from a common outlook. More links between ...

LAST month marked two years of what some quarters have termed the 'Syrian uprising'. The many different labels for this particular conflict -- from 'civil war' to 'crisis' and from 'non-international armed conflict' to 'rebellion' -- is not a ...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan paid his first state visit to South Africa this week where he addressed a joint sitting of the South African Parliament. With six Nigerian ministers present, agreements were signed in the areas of defence, gas ...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is the latest plan of conglomerates to strengthen their grip over the planet. A corporate world order is emerging, and like any parasite, it is slowly killing off its host. Unfortunately, the ...