Stories by Jo Biddle
WASHINGTON: Washington rarely shies away from seeking to wield its heft in a world crisis, but in the tense...
Published 14 Feb, 2015 07:02am
WASHINGTON: The trouble with setting ambitious deadlines, especially in the unpredictable world of high-stakes...
Published 09 Jan, 2015 06:49am
WASHINGTON: After more than a decade held without charges, dozens of Guantanamo detainees ought to have sight of...
Published 11 Sep, 2014 05:58am
KABUL: He was only on the ground for 48 hours, but America’s top diplomat John Kerry may well have helped prevent...
Published 14 Jul, 2014 05:58am
WASHINGTON: Feted actress Scarlett Johansson is denounced as the “poster girl of Israeli apartheid,” Dennis...
Published 10 Feb, 2014 06:59am
WASHINGTON: Is John Kerry another Henry Kissinger or James Baker? Both are recognised as greats of American ...
Published 03 Feb, 2014 07:35am
WASHINGTON: In 2008 just before his 90th birthday, the United States gave Nelson Mandela a special present, striking...
Published 07 Dec, 2013 07:18am
UNITED NATIONS: Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani on Thursday called on Israel to admit it has a nuclear bomb and also...
Published 27 Sep, 2013 08:05am
GENEVA: The two men leading diplomatic efforts to end the war in Syria seem like complete opposites. One is a...
Published 14 Sep, 2013 07:00am
MOSCOW: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday sought to narrow differences over the conflict in Syria with...
Published 08 May, 2013 09:50am
WASHINGTON: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned Iran on Sunday that Israel would never allow Iranian leaders to develop a nuclear weapon, as he addressed a powerful US-Israel lobby.
Published 05 Mar, 2013 02:34am
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bade farewell to her staff on Friday on her final day as America’s top diplomat that was marred by the latest in a series of attacks on US missions.
Published 02 Feb, 2013 11:25pm
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton laid out a bulging agenda on Thursday for incoming secretary of state John Kerry, ...
Published 02 Feb, 2013 01:12am
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will have to bury past hostilities if the Israeli prime minister is re-elected to jointly face looming threats such as Iran, analysts say.
Published 20 Jan, 2013 04:01am
DUBLIN: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday issued a sharp warning to European and central Asian nations that some countries were backsliding on democratic values and human rights.
Published 07 Dec, 2012 03:11am
PORT OF SPAIN As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, the 53-nation Commonwealth composed mainly of former British...
Published 28 Nov, 2009 12:00am
WASHINGTON It`s an oft overlooked fact that when Americans enter the privacy of the polling booth on Nov 4, they ...
Published 03 Nov, 2008 12:00am
WASHINGTON: It’s an oft overlooked fact that when Americans enter the privacy of the polling booth on Nov 4, they...
Published 03 Nov, 2008 12:00am
CANNES (France): As the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark on Tuesday, the field remained wide open with...
Published 24 May, 2006 12:00am
PARIS: In a scene which might have appealed to Samuel Beckett’s sense of the absurd, French and Irish fans marked ...
Published 14 Apr, 2006 12:00am
