An archive of leaked military documents uploaded onto Wikileaks on the weekend paint a picture of an American war effort starved for resources and attention, with US soldiers battling highly coordinated and deadly insurgents.
Most Australians now oppose the conflict in Afghanistan. Yet, perversely, its very unpopularity has led to less rather than more public debate about the war.
The UN has upheld Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. The battle for Kosovo may have been lost, writes Simon Tisdall, but this legal decision sets an important precedent for other separatist groups.
Outspoken Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez may be planning to wrest control of the country's largest food supplier, publicly warning the company that he isn't afraid of nationalisation. Critics say such plan could be disastrous.
The headway being made by General David Petraeus in Afghanistan may be overshadowed this week by news that the US strategy of providing essential services to the Afghan people is backfiring.
I was lucky enough not to witness the explosions last night but I can give a brief account of the atmosphere in the city surrounding the events, writes Sam Wilkins in Kampala.
As casualty numbers go up, and community support goes down, it's worth reminding ourselves again why Australia is losing lives and spending billions in a far-away-land called Afghanistan ...
It would be very unwise for Australian security agencies to not test independently the veracity of anything they are told publicly or privately by the Sri Lankan government, given its track record.
New documents reveal that a nuclear attack on North Korea was planned in 1969 after a US spy plane was shot down, with a bomb 20 times the size dropped over Hiroshima.
Ponytails, spiky hair and mullets don't cut it in Iran, according to the government's new style guide of men's hair. Thankfully the quiff wasn't labelled as a "decadent Western cut".
