24 (Itar-Tass) -- Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has set the task of wiping pout rebels in the North Caucasus. ?There is yet much to be done to strengthen law and order in the North Caucasus. Wiping out rebels is priority,? he said at a meeting in

• April 24, 2010

India should shed its inhibitions to secure an eminent place in the new world order, says Dominique Moisi.

• April 24, 2010

The European Union is set to resume talks on the sharing of citizens' financial information with counter-terrorism agencies in the United States. The plans had been put on hold due to privacy concerns.

• April 23, 2010

Ministers have agreed on a NATO plan for the gradual handover of security responsibilities in Afghanistan to Afghan forces. Earlier in the talks, ministers discussed the withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Europe.

• April 23, 2010

hampering air travel across Europe. The summitt is meant to allow NATO to review its role in world security. There are doubts among some members about its combat mission in Afghanistan, the continuing presence of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, relations

• April 22, 2010

MOSCOW -- Ukraine's new president signed a deal Wednesday that allows Russia's Black Sea Fleet to stay in the country another 25 years, moving to ease a long-standing and giving Moscow its second foreign policy victory in the former Soviet Union this

• April 22, 2010

Anyone who remembers the Vietnam War might be having hot flashes of déjà vu today. We are again engaged in a grand campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of an implacable foe in a place where we do not understand the language, the religion, the culture, or the opportunity costs

• April 20, 2010

Russia must play a central role in plans for a missile defence system in Europe, Nato's top official will tell a meeting of alliance foreign ministers this week.

• April 19, 2010