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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.

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.

Nuclear watchdog: Iran ‘working on advanced warhead’

Nuclear watchdog: Iran ‘working on advanced warhead’

The UN’s nuclear watchdog is set to reveal alleged Iranian work on an advanced nuclear warhead — though this is not regarded as a "smoking gun".

Dalai Lama ban would extract a political cost

Dalai Lama ban would extract a political cost

The South African foreign ministry’s excuses for dithering over entry visa for Desmond Tutu’s birthday celebrations are paper thin.

New concerns over Afghan stability

The assassination of a close ally and mentor of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai after the killing of his powerful half-brother has raised questions

Heat is on Obama to slash aid

As fears about Pakistan’s nuclear security mount, the US Congress is calling for decisive action.

Killing justified by ‘laws of war’

Obama administration sticks to its guns amid conflicting reports on Bin Laden’s death

Gaddafi ducks

No-fly measure over Libya fails to take off

The Obama administration recently played down a proposal to establish a no-fly zone over Libya.

North and South Korea: A dispute dating back 50 years

North and South Korea: A dispute dating back 50 years

Yeonpyeong island is on a maritime demarcation line that Pyongyang has refused to recognise since it was imposed in 1953.

Tiny box causes explosive trouble

Tiny box causes explosive trouble

Nuke experts fear amateurs may not be the only ones moving uranium

2025: What to expect

No more them and us, with a farewell to American supremacy — China is to be biggest beneficiary of change.

Greener and leaner

The world food crisis is a tragedy frequently and passionately foretold. For years food experts warned that chronic under-investment in agriculture in developing countries, by…

Six-week delay in elections

President Pervez Musharraf said recently that troops would stay on the streets of Pakistan’s tense cities at least until a new election date of February 18. Parliamentary…