War this year in Iraq may not yet be inevitable but it looks increasingly likely. If it is to be avoided, the coming week is crucial. If war is at hand, the next few days could decide whether the US-led invasion goes ahead with the formal blessing of the United Nations, or whether Washington and a small group of allies go in alone.

America's complete withdrawal of its troops from Iraq is a tragic mistake. It jeopardises the gains made by President Bush's (and Tony Blair's) eminently correct 2003 decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and risks the broader Middle East falling into chaos.

The terrified and brutalised people of Iraq will rejoice at the downfall of Saddam Hussein.

No matter what happens in Iraq, we are still better off with Saddam Hussein out of the picture.

On November 20, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will meet in Vienna to release its report on Iran’s nuclear program. Although IAEA inspectors have found traces of enriched uranium at two of Iran's nuclear sites and cataloged a consistent pattern of deceit about its...

Soon after stepping down in 1976 as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Daniel Patrick Moynihan said that the IAEA "is the one UN institution the world could not very well do without." But in the 1980s, Saddam Hussein nearly completed the development of a nuclear weapon under the noses...

On this third anniversary of the war in Iraq, the mood in Washington is heavy with recrimination.

The Bush administration's "realist" stance toward North Korea only makes Kim Jong-Il's regime more dangerous.