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 »

Israel caused an international furore when its commandos shot dead nine protesters on a Turkish ship that was bound with humanitarian supplies for Gaza, which Israel has been blockading. The commandos boarded the ship before dawn in an effort to prevent… more »

South Korea’s president, Lee Myung-bak, announced punitive measures against North Korea in response to the North’s sinking of one of the South’s warships in March, in which 46 sailors were killed. Trade with the North is to be cut severely, sea lanes clo… more »

Thailand’s army brought an end to more than two months of protests in Bangkok. Dozens of people were killed and scores injured over several days as troops moved in to break up the red-shirt camps and capture their leaders. The government imposed a curfew… more »