New Delhi - Armed violence and mass protests continue unabated in the restive Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal where the Royalists candidates have assumed power in Wednesday's municipal poll. ....more
A comprehensive report by the East Timorese government’s Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) into atrocities committed by Indonesia during its 24-year occupation of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has found Western countries who supported the invasion culpable in the deaths of up to 180,000 Timorese - around a third of the half-island’s pre-1975 population. ....more
U.S. and European security experts have become increasingly alarmed by the actions of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko -- in particular, his growing diplomatic, economic and military ties to global antagonists China, Iran and Russia. ....more
Over the past year, China’s rapidly expanding economic, political and military influence in the Americas, Asia and the Middle East have threatened to alter existing geostrategic alliances and traditional relationships, causing great concern within the Bush Administration. ....more
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer’s undertaking to US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice not to withdraw from Iraq until its security forces have proven they can control escalating violence in the country has drawn criticism from across the Australian political spectrum. ....more
