WASHINGTON – The United States is warning Turkey that it is alienating U.S supporters and needs to demonstrate its commitment to partnership with the West.The remarks by Philip Gordon, the Obama administration's top diplomat on European affairs, were a rare admonishment of a crucial NATO ally. We think Turkey remains committed to NATO, Europe and the United States, but that needs to be dem
KABUL – The United Nations has agreed to remove Taliban members who renounce ties to al Qaeda from a U.N blacklist on a gradual basis, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said on Tuesday.Senior diplomats from the 15-nation U.N Security Council were in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, following a call for a review of the names of Taliban figures on its sanction list at a peace conference
KABUL – The United Nations is reviewing the names of Taliban figures on its sanctions list following a call to do so at last week's peace conference in Afghanistan, the top U.N envoy said on Saturday.U.N Security Council Resolution 1267 freezes assets and limits travel of senior figures linked to the Taliban, as well as al Qaeda, but recent Afghan efforts to engage some insurgents in diplo
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA Bush refused to engage with Iran, his administration often was perceived as acting unilaterally in international affairs, and one of his U.N ambassadors was John R.Bolton, who once famously said he wanted to eliminate 10 stories of the U.N headquarters.But not a single Security Council resolution on Iran that passed on Bush's watch contained a dissenting vote.By contrast, Presid