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Julian Borger

Julian Borger is a British journalist and non-fiction writer. He is the world affairs editor at The Guardian. He was a correspondent in the US, eastern Europe, the Middle East and the Balkans and covered the Bosnian War for the BBC. Borger is a contributor to Center of International Cooperation.

US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation
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Trump expands global gag rule that blocks US aid for abortion groups

Policy bans aid going to foreign groups that support abortion rights as secretary of state Pompeo says: ‘This is decent and right’

Solidarity: The Eiffel Tower in Paris is lit up in the black

‘It is all of Europe that is hit’

Belgium’s neighbours have rallied in support after this week’s ‘acts of war’ that shook Brussels.

Protesters chant slogans against the Syrian regime and Russia’s support of President Bashar al-Assad.

West ‘ignored Russian offer to have Assad step aside’

A senior negotiator describes the rejection of an alleged proposal, since then tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced.

Iran’s justice system has itself acknowledged the arbitrary nature of the allegations of detaining academics.

Iran nuclear deal expected to be announced in Vienna

A global landmark agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme is expected to take place today.

Iran wants sanction relief details as nuclear deadline nears

Iranian negotiators want sanctions to be lifted at the same time as the country dismantles nuclear hardware.

Smuggled proof can indict Assad

Enough documentary evidence has been accumulated to prosecute the Syrian president.

Hopes of normalcy between the US and Cuba at last

Restoring normal diplomatic relations offers an opportunity for the US and Cuba to engage on equal terms for the first time in their troubled history.

US Senate report confirms torture does not work

The Senate report on CIA detention and interrogation found that detainees subjected to torture produced no intelligence or "fabricated information".

Khamenei puts foot down

The Iranian leader has promised hardliners that the West will not dictate the terms of nuclear engagement.

Spy revelations poison the pond

The fallout from the Edward Snowden saga is starting to affect global trade relationships.

Analysts say a Mitt Romney White House is unlikely to make radical changes to United States foreign strategies.

Romney an echo of Obama

A world in which Mitt Romney holds the single most powerful office may sound a very different place from that of President Barack Obama.

Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi.
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Egypt’s Morsi heads to Iran for Syria talks

Mohamed Morsi’s Tehran visit, the first by an Egyptian leader since 1979, is part of plan to form a regional contact group to broker peace in Syria.

A veteran Taliban commander and former Guantánamo Bay inmate says ‘it would take divine ­intervention’ for the Islamist movement to win control of Kabul.

Taliban seeks negotiated settlement in Afghanistan

A senior commander of the Taliban has offered a pragmatic view on the futility of the war and the future of Afghanistan. Julian Borger reports.

Walter Kowalski s reportedly being held in a soundproof cell to spare his guards the ordeal of hearing about his trip to Hawaii

Scientists try to revive Iran nuclear talks

As part of extensive war games, Iran test-fired medium-range missiles capable of hitting US bases in the region or Israel.

Pakistan sets Afghan peace rules

Pakistan sets Afghan peace rules

Without a clear action plan, Pakistan will not support the United States-driven reconciliation plans for Afghanistan.

US fails to show up for its Taliban party

US fails to show up for its Taliban party

US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.

Iran shrugs off oil export sanctions

Iran shrugs off oil export sanctions

An already frail economy will come under more pressure when the EU ban comes into effect.

Taliban office in Qatar a ‘dramatic breakthrough’

The United States has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

Iran missile blast blamed on Mossad

The blast at the al-Ghadir missile base at Bid Ganeh was so powerful it rattled windows 50 kilometres away in Tehran.

SA confirms reduced oil imports from Iran

Iran nuke claims: Russia rejects call for more sanctions

Russia has rejected EU calls for further sanctions against Iran in the wake of a UN reports that Tehran had experimented with nuclear weapon designs.