After the failure in Copenhagen, we heard plenty of talk about how people were going to take action and have this back on track soon. By “soon” they apparently meant 2011 or beyond. Obviously it’s not much of a priority for anyone, including the U…
A provincially appointed panel will release its opinion Monday on a controversial deal to sell major NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec, but New Brunswick’s Opposition leader is already dismissing its work.
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Cyprus Sunday to inject momentum into peace talks between the island’s estranged Greeks and Turks.
There are conflicting reports coming out of Yemen about a possible ceasefire between government troops and Shi’ite rebels. A rebel leader yesterday said he was prepared to accept government con…
Iraq has signed a final deal with U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a major oil field in the south. Under the 20-year deal, the consortium will devel…
A deal to save Northern Ireland’s powersharing government is in sight after “considerable progress” was made in securing the transfer of policing and justice powers from London to Belfast.
AFP – China and the United States were Sunday locked in an escalating dispute over US arms sales to Taiwan, with Washington rebuffing Chinese protests and insisting the deal will add stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Libya has struck a deal to buy Russian arms worth almost two billion dollars, Russian news agencies reported.
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Rival Northern Ireland parties on Saturday inched toward a deal that would transfer police and justice powers to the province and end a row that has shaken their power-sharing government.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency said on Friday a deal on uranium enrichment was still possible, but Iran said it wanted changes to the draft accord meant to allay Western fears over its nuclear program.