The defence correspondent of the Sunday Mirror newspaper has become the first British journalist to be killed while covering the war in Afghanistan.

PM keen to hear Hillary Clinton's views on what progress has been made towards establishing a corruption-free Government in Afghanistan.

Seven months after Sri Lanka's long and bitter civil war was brought to an end by a withering government assault, the political coalition that supported the Tamil Tigers has thrown its support behind the former army chief who crushed them.

A band of historical military enthusiasts dressing up as Nazi bodyguards have been branded ignorant and offensive by the RSA.

Modelled on how Sunni nationalist groups in Iraq were induced to turn their backs on al Qaeda, the first examples of the new US policy of "reconciling" the Taleban are now being seen.