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Catherine Ashton calls on Malaysia to Decriminalise Homosexuality

Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, has called on Malaysia to decriminalise homosexual conduct following…

January 9, 2012No CommentRead More

Michele Bachmann Pulls Out of Republican Presidential Race

Michele Bachmann has pulled out of the race to become the Republican nomination for President after a poor showing in the Iowa Caucus. The result was a disappointment for the…

January 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Palestinian and Israeli Negotiators Meet Tony Blair in Jordan for Peace Talks

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators met with Tony Blair on 3rd January 2012 in Amman, Jordan, as part of Quartet talks aimed at restarting peace negotiations between the two parties. Robert…

January 4, 2012No CommentRead More

What’s In a Name? Macedonia and Greece Agree to Resume Talks Over Title

Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have agreed to resume talks over the naming of the Republic of Macedonia. The United Nations will mediate discussions between the two…

January 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Mitt Romney Wins Republican Caucus in Iowa

Mitt Romney has secured a win at the psychologically important Republican Caucus in Iowa. Now the Republican front runner for United States President, Romney won by eight votes. The former…

January 4, 20121 CommentRead More

Just Eight States Block Comprehensive Ban on Nuclear Tests

With the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by Indonesia, there remain just eight more states needed to ratify the treaty before it can enter into force. The so-called Annex-2…

December 7, 2011No CommentRead More

Herman van Rompuy “We Need More Europe”

The President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, has issued a clarion call to Europe’s leaders to renew their faith in the European project. In an eloquent speech marking…

November 14, 2011No CommentRead More

West Bristles Over South Ossetia Vote

The West is bristling over an election held at the weekend in South Ossetia. The vote comes just a few days after a high level negotiation team from NATO visited…

November 14, 2011No CommentRead More

President Johnson Sirleaf “Proudly Accepts” Another Term as President

The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced preliminary results that indicate the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has won another term in office. The other contender for the position, Winston…

November 12, 2011No CommentRead More

Georgia Will Join NATO and Maintain Claims to South Ossetia and Abkhazia

Georgia will eventually join NATO and NATO, in return, maintains its position on not recognising the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent nations. The decisions were communicated as…

November 9, 2011No CommentRead More