Politics

HILLARY Clinton has announced aid projects for Pakistan aimed at defusing anti-American sentiment and shoring up anti-terrorism efforts. The US Secretary of State arrived in Islamabad en route to a donor conference in Kabul, calling […] […]

Western troops are to pull out of Afghanistan by 2014, under a blueprint for drawing down coalition forces that is set to begin in a matter of months. A leaked communique – a copy of […] […]

A “truly radical” pay-as-you-drive scheme for Britain’s motorways should be introduced to help the country switch to a low-carbon economy, a senior Tory MP has said. Tim Yeo, who chairs the Commons Energy and Climate […] […]

JAMAICANS have a wise saying: “Wha gaawn bad a mawnin, caan come good a evenin”, roughly translated to say what has gone bad in the beginning, can’t be made good in the end. We wonder […] […]

Any threat to the future of Britain’s nuclear deterrent from spending cuts would mean “playing fast and loose” with national security, Defence Secretary Liam Fox has warned. Dr Fox confirmed that he was in discussions […] […]

WASHINGTON — An 8-year-old policy that forbids government contractors and employees to engage in sex trafficking in war zones has proved almost impossible to enforce amid indications that such activities are occurring in Iraq and […] […]

SEOUL, South Korea—Trapped by two Chinese divisions, troops of the 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment were left to die in far northern Korea, abandoned by the U.S. command in a Korean War episode viewed as one […] […]

SHE is one of the newest members of Britain’s House of Lords and a human rights commissioner. Her cousin is one of Britain’s most daring and successful artists. Now it has been revealed that both […] […]

THE Scottish Government maintained it will help an American inquiry with new information about the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The agreement threatens to embarrass former Labour ministers who tried to have Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed […] […]

Britain is to boost spending on aid projects in Afghanistan by 40% in a bid to speed up the withdrawal of troops from the country. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell is to declare that securing […] […]