Julian Borger

A world in which Mitt Romney holds the single most powerful office may sound a very different place from that of President Barack Obama.

Mohamed Morsi’s Tehran visit, the first by an Egyptian leader since 1979, is part of plan to form a regional contact group to broker peace in Syria.

A senior commander of the Taliban has offered a pragmatic view on the futility of the war and the future of Afghanistan. Julian Borger reports.

As part of extensive war games, Iran test-fired medium-range missiles capable of hitting US bases in the region or Israel.

Without a clear action plan, Pakistan will not support the United States-driven reconciliation plans for Afghanistan.

US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.

The United States has agreed in principle to release high-ranking Taliban officials from Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

An already frail economy will come under more pressure when the EU ban comes into effect.

Russia has rejected EU calls for further sanctions against Iran in the wake of a UN reports that Tehran had experimented with nuclear weapon designs.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog is set to reveal alleged Iranian work on an advanced nuclear warhead — though this is not regarded as a "smoking gun".

The South African foreign ministry’s excuses for dithering over entry visa for Desmond Tutu’s birthday celebrations are paper thin.

The assassination of a close ally and mentor of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai after the killing of his powerful half-brother has raised questions

As fears about Pakistan’s nuclear security mount, the US Congress is calling for decisive action.

Obama administration sticks to its guns amid conflicting reports on Bin Laden’s death

The Obama administration recently played down a proposal to establish a no-fly zone over Libya.