Finally, the world acts to control the arms trade
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
Talks begin this week on a global covenant to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
Talks begin this week on a global covenant to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
A former London 2012 ethics commissioner who resigned in protest after a decision to accept sponsorship from the chemical multinational Dow, which now owns the company responsible for the Bhopal disaster in India, reignited the row this weekend, accusing a senior Olympic official of misrepresenting her.
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Accused of arms dealing, Chris Tappin is the latest victim of what many believe to be a lopsided extradition treaty
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
India and the European Union have agreed to speed up negotiations for a long-anticipated free trade pact, aiming to seal an deal later this year that would nearly double their trade with each other.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, said time was running out to avoid a military intervention in Iran as he appealed to China and Russia to support new sanctions to force Tehran to negotiate over its nuclear programme.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Britain will be pressing for governments everywhere to adopt "green accounting", formally putting a value on environmental assets such as forests as much as on economic output, at a major world conference on sustainable development to be held in Brazil in June.
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Trade agreement with India could put life-saving generic medicines beyond the reach of millions
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
There is no proof that Bashar al-Assad's regime is using its heavy weapons to bombard Homs, the Russian Foreign Minister is said to have declared yesterday. Sergei Lavrov's comments on the besieged city came during a telephone conversation with the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, as the Syrian opposition reported dozens more dead and injured.
08 February 2012 12:53 PM
Downing Street today rejected Argentine claims that Britain is creating a risk to international security by "militarising" the long-running dispute over the Falkland Islands.
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
Foreign Minister's visit to Damascus brings pledges from Assad but no end to his bloody crackdown
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
06 February 2012 02:39 PM
The Obama administration has closed the US Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria.
06 February 2012 12:00 AM
Amid the horrors surrounding female genital mutilation (FGM) there is a quiet revolution, which experts hope could lead to the eradication of the practice.
04 February 2012 06:30 PM
Britain accused Russia and China of encouraging the Syrian regime's "killing regime" after they vetoed a United Nations resolution seeking an end to the violent repression.
01 February 2012 08:27 AM
Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on the United Nations to support moves led by the Arab League to bring a peaceful resolution to unrest in Syria.