Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
PRAGUE, August 31, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Today is the deadline for the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to report in New York on Iran's degree of compliance with demands it stop uranium enrichment. The IAEA is expected to submit a negative report since Iran has given no sign of heeding the UN's calls.
Muslims around the world are objecting to the Bush administration's use of the term.
Israel is stepping up air attacks on Hizballah in a declared campaign to root it out of southern Lebanon. It is also hitting Lebanon’s economic infrastructure in a bid to force the Lebanese government to help reign in the militia. That strategy is similar to Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza. For now, this two-front Israeli war against Islamic militant movements is very different from Israeli-Arab conflicts of the past, which were between states. But could the conflict broaden into a war between Israel and Syria, or even Iran -- two countries Israel accuses of bankrolling Hizballah and supporting Hamas?
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, have agreed to present Iran with a package of incentives to give up uranium enrichment, and to suspend action in the UN should Iran consider the offer.
Montenegro's election commission says a complete preliminary tally of ballots from the May 21 referendum shows voters opting by a narrow majority for independence. Official results are expected in three days.
Montenegro's Election Commission has said preliminary results from the May 21 referendum show 55.4 percent of voters casting "yes" ballots for independence.
PRAGUE, May 19, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Expectations are high in Baghdad that a new Iraqi government is about to be unveiled.
Montenegro is preparing to hold a referendum on May 21 on whether to remain in its union with Serbia or declare independence.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has appealed to Iraq's feuding factions to unite and stop the sectarian killings that have swept the country in recent months.
To mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3), RFE/RL takes a look at the problems journalists face covering some of the most dangerous places on Earth. “First when I leave my house, I have to check the street," journalist Nabil al-Haidari said. "I have to be sure that there is nobody waiting to kill me or to kidnap me.
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has presented a report to the Security Council that faults Iran for failing to meet demands to suspend uranium enrichment and improve cooperation with arms inspectors.
Jawad al-Maiki addresses the press in Baghdad on April 22 (AFP) Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki, 55, is set to start forming a new government. But the old conflicts that bedeviled outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja’fari remain unresolved, from how to quell the insurgency and to how to resolve Sunni-Shi’ite tensions that in recent months have killed hundreds of people. Observers are pinning their hopes on the fact that al-Maliki is seen as more forceful and more pragmatic than his predecessor.
PRAGUE, April 24, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says Iran's nuclear activities are all transparent.
Some Iraqi leaders are saying the biggest security threat now is not the insurgency but the possibility of civil war, which is focusing new attention on the many sectarian-based militias in Iraq, some of which appear to be waging revenge attacks on rival groups.
Regret that former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will never face judgment and regret for his victims dominate reactions to the death of a man widely seen as the architect of the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s.
The sectarian violence that has broken out in Iraq in the wake of last week's bombing of a Shi'ite shrine is taking a political toll, too, as efforts to form a new government crumble.
The twin themes of U.S. President George W. Bush's trip to South Asia came into sharp focus today. Speaking in New Delhi, he announced a nuclear deal with India. He also vowed that a bomb attack in Karachi would not prevent him from going on to Pakistan on March 4, where he is due to meet over the war on terror.
Hamas has refused to bow to pressure to recognize Israel (ITAR-TASS) The European Union has unveiled a package worth more than 120 million euros ($142 million) to meet the basic needs of the Palestinian population. The move comes amid controversy over Hamas' victory in the recent Palestinian elections.
The Iraqi government has lifted a curfew imposed on 24 February as quiet appears to be returning to the capital. The lull in violence follows frantic meetings of political and religious leaders to calm the tensions between Shi'a and Sunni over the 22 February bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra.
The Iraqi government is enforcing a daytime curfew in Baghdad to curb possible confrontations between Shi'ite and Sunni worshippers in the wake of the 22 February bombing of a key Shi'ite mosque. The bombing is also sparking a major political crisis.
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