The Four-Party Meeting on the Afghan Peace Process, held in Beijing last Thursday and Friday, comprising China, the US, Russia and Pakistan, is a d

The stand-off between the US and Iran is now developing into a re-enactment of the tanker wars in the Persian Gulf during the 1980-88 Ira

The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character.