U.S. President Obama and Israeli PM Netanyahu met

more Obama warned that "there are going to be extremists and rejectionists who, rather than seeking peace, are going to be seeking destruction. And the tragedy that we saw yesterday where people were gunned down on the street by terrorists who are...

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• Readout of President Obama's Meeting with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
• EU High Representative Catherine Ashton welcomed the launch of direct talks on the Middle East
• EP President Jerzy Buzek on the resumption of direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians
• Remarks by President Obama after bilateral meetings
• more Middle East talks (live)

France welcomed adoption of resolution 1937

more France considers the UNIFIL plays a role which is crucial to stability in Lebanon and to maintaining the cessation of hostilities with Israel, in the framework of the missions assigned to to it under resolution 1701 (2006). Resolution 1937 (2010) unambiguously...

• Afghanistan now has forces, resources, Petraeus said
• Objective in Pakistan is to help, Mullen said
• Roma population must not become a "political football"
• U.S. shifted from military to civilian-led mission in Iraq
• The EU allocates EUR 47 million to support peace-keeping operation in Somalia
• The EU worried about the resurgence of violence in North Kivu
• France welcomed adoption of resolution 1937 about UNIFIL
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U.S. shifted from military to civilian-led mission in Iraq

more The United States has ended its seven-and-a-half-year-old military operation in Iraq and is shifting to a civilian-led mission to build a partnership with Iraq that will strengthen its government...

The EU allocates EUR 47 million to support peace-keeping operation in Somalia

more The European Commission confirmed its support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by providing an additional EUR 47 million to the African Union, bringing the EU...

The EU worried about the resurgence of violence in North Kivu, DRC

more Catherine Ashton, the High Representative, and Andris Piebalgs, the EU Development Commissioner, expressed their outrage and dismay at the attacks and mass rape committed by...

Yemen, UK and Saudi Arabia announced next Friends of Yemen meeting

more The meeting will be on September 24, 2010 in New York and will assess progress in Yemen towards reform and stability since their meeting in London in January. In a joint statement...

Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation office opens

more As announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa in March 2009, the Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office...

Pakistani Taliban leader charged in Terrorism Conspiracy

more Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens on...

Obama announced end of Combat Operations in Iraq

more The Americans who have served in Iraq completed every mission they were given. They defeated a regime that had terrorized its people. Together with Iraqis and coalition partners who made huge sacrifices of their own, our troops fought block by block...

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UN report and incidents with UNIFIL show Lebanon's stability remains fragile

more On July 9, 2010, Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), has called on the local population to engage in dialogue with his peacekeepers...

Obama's new National Space Policy focuses on International Cooperation

more « No longer are we racing against an adversary; in fact, one of our central goals is to promote peaceful cooperation and collaboration in space, which not only will ward off conflict, but will help to expand...

Networked world, opportunities for Britain's foreign policy

more Last May, David Cameron became Prime Minister and immediately met with his two most important European partners, French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel. While his Foreign Secretary...

ACP-EU's Cotonou Agreement successfully underwent Second Revision

more The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ('ACP countries'). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, the largest city in Benin...

Decisions by CSTO and Russia will be central to Kyrgyzstan's future

more Unrest started in northwestern Kyrgyzstan on April 6, 2010 and spread throughout the capital, Bishkek, on April 7, 2010. It ultimately led to the ouster of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s government...

Relations with the European Union are the most important component of Russia's foreign policy

more In a joint statement following the 25th EU-Russia summit on June 1, 2010, the sides noted the need to modernize economies and societies, stated the commitment of Russia and the EU to a joint search for...

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• Obama's new National Space Policy focuses on International Cooperation
• Decisions by CSTO and Russia will be central to Kyrgyzstan's future
• Networked world, challenges and opportunities for Britain's foreign policy
• ACP-EU's Cotonou Agreement successfully underwent Second Revision

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ISAF Commander David Petraeus interviewed on Afghanistan

more Asked about the public perception that the mission in Afghanistan has run off course and is increasingly unwinnable, Petraeus said that "we’ve spent the last 18 months in Afghanistan trying to get the inputs right – to get the components...

NB8 milestone Report on Nordic-Baltic cooperation is available

more On August 27, 2010, in Riga, foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland (NB8) discussed NB8 wise men report, which offers an analysis of the 20 years of experience in the area of the Nordic...

Yemen pays heavy price in combating terrorism

more Al-Qaeda attacks took place during last July targeted security sites and soldiers were the best evidence that Yemen is still paying the price of joining in global campaign against terrorism after...

China attached great importance to dialogue with Japan

more On August 28, 2010, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada Katsuya, who is here in Beijing for the China-Japan high-level economic dialogue...

Security Council extended mandate of UN force in Lebanon

more The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for another year, saying its presence there, as well as that of the Lebanese armed...

• Lebanon: UN envoy held talks with Prime Minister

French energy company Total to explore for oil in northern Jutland

more The Danish Energy Agency has given the French energy group Total a concession to explore for oil and gas for six years in Vendsyssel in northern Jutland, reports regional newspaper Nordjyske...

U.S. Department of Defense released Futenma Replacement Study Report

more The Futenma Replacement Facility Bilateral Experts Study Group Report has been published. In order to achieve the earliest possible relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, the U.S. Japan Security Consultative Committee (SCC) directed a...

Ukraine and Germany will work on improving their economic cooperation

more Ukraine and Germany will work consistently to develop their trade and economic relations, President Viktor Yanukovych said at the joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

• President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, met President of Germany Christian Wulff
• Ukrainian President Yanukovych met German businessmen

Europe means greater freedom, greater security and greater prosperity

more In Zagreb, German Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle delivered a speech on European policy. He explained that "European integration has, right from the start, been a unique project for peace...

Security Council deplored deadly attack against African peacekeepers in Somalia

more The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack against the presidential palace in the Somali capital that has killed four Ugandan peacekeepers serving with the African Union...

Over 80 percent of Arabs polled are still in principle open to the two-state solution

more In a Press Briefing before Israeli-Palestinian talks to take place in Washington D.C., Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell told that although the U.S. does not expect...

• Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Today's Attack in the Southern West Bank