Israel's defense minister has told a investigation into a deadly raid on an aid convoy to Gaza that the flotilla was a "planned provocation." The comments follow a stern defense of the raid by Israel's prime minister.

• Date: 11.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 11.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

The Obama Administration plans to sell 84 F-15 Eagle jet fighters to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the next ten years for a total of $30 billion.

• Date: 10.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from basilandspice.com

On the second anniversary of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, the government in Tbilisi has accepted Russian occupation of their provinces — for now.

• Date: 10.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtontimes.com

The white fortress loomed above the fields, a crumbling but still imposing redoubt perched on a rock mound above a plane of golden rapeseed shimmering in the morning light.

• Date: 10.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 10.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from nytimes.com

The International Assistance Mission (IAM) has confirmed that the aid workers killed last week in Afghanistan were volunteers with the Christian organization. One of the victims was a 35-year-old German woman.

• Date: 09.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.08.2010  |  Security  |  from Deutsche Welle

Afghanistan and expansion of Iran’s Chabahar port dominated discussions between visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohd Ali Fathollahi and the Indian leaders on Friday.

• Date: 07.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.08.2010  |  External Relations  |  from indianexpress.com

Kyrgyz troops fired blank rounds into a crowd trying to reach a mass demonstration outside parliament on Thursday, averting what the Central Asian state's security chief said could be an attempt to oust the government.

• Date: 05.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 05.08.2010  |  Security  |  from alertnet.org

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division shield themselves from the dust as a Medivac helicopter takes off outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 30, 2010. One soldier lost his leg and another was hit by shrapnel after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up during a patrol near the base

• Date: 05.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 05.08.2010  |  Security  |  from reuters.com