French President Jacques Chirac, who is due to visit Beijing this week, said Monday he hoped to strike strategic partnerships with China in areas such as nuclear energy and rail transport. Jump to this feature by clicking the title.

New Delhi accused Pakistan of encouraging Indian soldiers to betray their country on Monday and said it had launched a massive operation to weed out those who had become spies. Jump to this feature by clicking the title.

Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has used the holiest Muslim holiday of the year to warn that his men will intensify their fighting in Afghanistan to "surprising" levels to drive out foreign infidels. For additional details, please follow the link contained in the title.

Nearly half of Iraq's 18 provinces will be under Iraqi control by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said, despite growing concerns about increased violence. Find out more about this topic. Go to the link.

Somali pro-Islamist fighters and rival Ethiopian troops supporting the interim government both dug defensive positions around their outposts, after the Islamists retook a strategic town Jump to this feature by clicking the title.

The British defence ministry has temporarily banned television news broadcaster ITV from embedding their journalists with British troops Jump to this feature by clicking the title.

US lawmakers kept up pressure on President George W. Bush to revise his Iraq policy a day after a senior US diplomat said Washington had shown "stupidity" in the conflict. Read more on this by following the linked text in the title above.

The Iraq conflict is not stabilizing, it is rapidly getting worse. And current U.S. policies are not helping. Read more on this by following the linked text in the title above.

Sri Lanka's warring parties were bracing for talks aimed at saving a tattered truce, but arranging next weekend's parley is becoming a logistical "minefield" that could blow up before the meeting begins. Use the link in the article title to view the entire news article.

This volume addresses the role of the Chinese military in shaping its country’s security environment. The PLA itself is shaped and molded by both domestic and foreign influences. For additional details, please follow the link contained in the title.