Barack Obama has wheeled out a lean and punchy prototype for his second term, his purpose clarified by the voters who re-elected him a week ago.
Palestine on Wednesday night asked the UN Security Council to act to halt Israel’s military operation in Gaza.
Vice-president Xi Jinping has been appointed chief of China’s military.
The BBC marked the 90th anniversary of its first ever transmission beset by doubts about its future after scandals surrounding its reporting.
Iraq may have been trumpeted as the top destination for investment, but experts warn that myriad problems keep it from being a good choice for all.
A series of apparently coordinated bombings across Iraq on the eve of the Islamic new year killed 15 people and wounded dozens.
The United Nations and United States have ordered sanctions against the head of a rebel group accused of atrocities as it seized territory in the DRC.
North Korea tried to export ballistic missile parts to Syria in May in violation of UN sanctions, according to Japanese media reports.
US President Barack Obama has delayed General John Allen’s nomination as Nato’s supreme commander pending a probe into a sex scandal.
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/ 13 November 2012
"Omnishambles" was named Britain’s word of the year to describe a badly mismanaged situation.