politics

Crucial evidence about the reasons Britain went to war against Saddam Hussein is being kept secret it has emerged – leading to accusations that the Iraq inquiry has been “gagged”.

WASHINGTON - Fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to put pressure on Israel to ease the blockade on the Gaza Strip.

A $500 million plan to entice Taliban fighters to quit the growing insurgency in Afghanistan will be put in motion today by governments at a conference in London.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa won Sri Lanka's first post-war national election on Wednesday, but his rival alleged vote-rigging from inside an hotel surrounded by soldiers which he said were sent to arrest him.

The British and Irish governments gave Northern Ireland's bickering parties until Friday to agree a way forward on a key power-sharing dispute after three days of talks failed to clinch a deal.

COLOMBO — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse looked set for victory Wednesday in a bitterly fought election, as troops surrounded the hotel housing his main rival, who appealed for foreign protection.

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's opposition warned on Saturday of possible vote-rigging and violence by the ruling party in next week's presidential election as both sides wound up campaigning.

Gordon Brown is poised to be summoned before the Iraq inquiry four weeks before he goes to Buckingham Palace to trigger a general election, it has emerged.

President Barack Obama launched an extraordinary attack on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, saying a ruling on corporate donations to political campaigns this week "strikes at democracy itself."

DAMASCUS — US envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday met President Bashar al-Assad and said Syria had an important role to play in the search for peace in the Middle East.