Tens of thousands of files were leaked from the American armed forces to WikiLeaks, a website. They related to the conduct of the war in Afghanistan and sharpened a perception that Pakistan’s military intelligence agency, the ISI, has been backing the Ta… more »

Delegates representing some 70 countries descended on Kabul for a conference on the future of Afghanistan, the first to be held in the country since an American-led coalition routed the Taliban in 2001. President Hamid Karzai presented an optimistic plan… more »

In Kampala, Uganda’s capital, at least 76 people were killed in explosions at a restaurant and a rugby club as they watched the final of the football World Cup. The Shabab, an Islamist militia group in Somalia, claimed responsibility. Uganda contributes… more »

The Dutch environmental agency published a report into mistakes in the 2007 assessment put out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The agency concluded that the science of climate change was sound, but found new errors in the IPCC’s work an… more »

China and Taiwan signed one of their most significant agreements since 1949: a deal designed to liberalise trade and investment across the Taiwan strait. Hundreds of tariffs will be reduced in both directions. Both governments are eager to convince Taiwa… more »

General Stanley McChrystal was relieved of his command of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan after Rolling Stone published an article in which the general and his aides openly disparaged the Obama administration and America’s civilian leadership in… more »