US foreign relations

Can the UN police drone warfare?

A special investigator looks into the costs of these deadly, unaccountable killing machines [more]

Can the UN police drone warfare?

US Senate rejects disability rights treaty

Republican senators vote down UN treaty modelled on US legislation ...

Bradley Manning speaks of ordeal in US jail

Suspected Wikileaks source testifies publicly for the first time since arrest ...

The time for Palestine is now

Today, UN recognition of a Palestinian state will bring new hope to a very old conflict ...

Obama’s magical mystery tour

The US president is visiting Thailand, Burma and Cambodia. Here are 3 things he must talk about ...

Intrigue surrounds CIA director's departure

General David Petraeus resigns after affair, leaving questions ...

A race to reform? Or a race to profit?

Why we should be cautious about the big Burma gold rush ...

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