UN: Afghanistan at Crossroads The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the country is at a crossroads as it begins taking on responsibility for its own security. The senior U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, told...
Joe DeCapua 23 March 2010 In July, the worlds largest AIDS conference will be held in Vienna, Austria. About 25 thousand people are expected to attend the meeting, which will focus on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The theme of the 18th...
A brief war with Russia two months ago thrust the small Caucasus nation of Georgia into the international limelight again and sparked sharp exchanges between Moscow and the West. Georgia has been at a strategic crossroads throughout history and rema...