A Taliban attack has killed 18 people and wounded around 150 in Afghanistan, while Nato has warned that accords over Afghan troops have to be signed.

Western and regional powers boosted Libyan rebels battling Muammar Gaddafi by designating them as the country’s legitimate rulers.

Attacks on civilians in Libya may amount to "crimes against humanity" and the world will not stand "idly by" if they continue, Nato said on Monday.

Turkey blocked Europe’s candidate to head Nato, souring a summit marking the military alliance’s 60th anniversary.

Sweden and Finland on Thursday called for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to be excluded from a European Union-Africa summit in December but left open whether they would join…