Are the drone strikes in Waziristan war crimes?
With questions continuing to be asked over the war in Afghanistan, freelance journalist Daniel Furr asks whether US drone strikes in Waziristan are war crimes.
Pakistan
Abandoning UN commitments will compound Pakistan floods disaster and others
Our guest writer is Gareth Thomas MP, shadow minister for international development UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, returning from viewing the devastation in Pakistan for himself today has told the world to ‘wake up’ to the full scale of thetest
How will the world respond to the latest climate tragedy?
Yesterday The Observer reported that it had received an email confirming that only eight of Labour’s 100 commitments are to be saved. They come as part of the Tories’ drive for ‘value for money’ for UK aid, something we attest
Leading Pakistan lawyer says services are key to preventing fundamentalism
Ayesha Tammy Haq, one of the Pakistan’s leading lawyers, has said that services are key to preventing the public falling prey to fundamentalism.
Where’s Osama?
The Prime Minister of Pakistan denies Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan – yet all the available evidence points to his presence there.
Detailed analysis of Obama’s Afghan strategy
In-depth analysis of President Obama’s overnight speech on Afghanistan from our foreign policy expert in the States.
Obama set to announce Afghan surge as end game nears for allies
President Obama will make one of the most important speeches of his Presidency in the early hours of tomorrow morning, announcing a massive Afghan troop rise.