Some 200 members of Syria's ruling Baath party are reported to have resigned over the violent crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrations.
The resignations were centred on the southern city of Deraa, a focal point of violence that has allegedly killed 450 people in six weeks.

• Date: 28.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2011  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

The interior ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), an intergovernmental security body, will meet on Thursday in the Kazakh capital Astana to discuss efforts to fight crime.

• Date: 28.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 28.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from rian.ru

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, called yesterday for new world rules to be drawn up on safety at nuclear plants.

• Date: 27.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.04.2011  |  Energy  |  from thepeninsulaqatar.com

China and Kyrgyzstan agreed on Tuesday to promote regional peace and security via closer cooperation on law enforcement and security.

• Date: 27.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 27.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from People's Daily

As the world marks 25th year of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine, the anniversary has gained an eerily contemporary resonance after the earthquake in Japan which damages reactors at the Fukushima power plant and prompts leaks of radiation

• Date: 26.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 26.04.2011  |  Energy  |  from hurriyetdailynews.com

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has approved the use of his country's air force in Nato's Libya mission.

• Date: 25.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 25.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Police in Northern Ireland have warned the public to be vigilant over the Easter weekend because of the "severe threat posed by terrorists".

• Date: 23.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 23.04.2011  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

Armed US Predator drones are to carry out missions over Libya, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.

• Date: 22.04.2011  |  Published on EGF: 22.04.2011  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk