Indonesia should cross the river by feeling for stones

In mid-November of 2011, Indonesia will host the sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) in the newly built Nusa Dua Convention Center in Bali.

Based on the Kuala Lumpur Declaration of 2005, this year’s summit will continue to be a forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic issues to promote “common security, common prosperity and common stability”. The EAS is welcoming two new members — the US and Russia — into the East Asian community.

Oman is among most peaceful countries

The Global Peace Index (GPI) report published yesterday by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) puts the Sultanate of Oman on fourth position in the Arab region and 41st among the 153 world countries.

The GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. It gauges ongoing domestic and international conflict, safety and security in society and militarisation in 153 countries by taking into account 23 separate indicators.

Obama stresses increased British-U.S. cooperation

President Obama called for a new chapter in the long history between the United States and Britain, saying Wednesday that global economic, military and climate challenges require "remaking ourselves to meet the demands of a new era."

Even as he spoke of how much the world has changed since the allies emerged victorious from World War II, Obama told a joint session of Parliament that U.S.-British cooperation - in military, diplomatic, economic and humanitarian efforts - remains essential to ensuring global security.

Barack Obama to stress importance of special relationship to global security in speech at Westminster Hall

Barack Obama will insist the US-UK alliance is key to providing global security after a ''difficult decade'' today as he gets down to the real political business of his state visit.

The US president and Prime Minister David Cameron are to spend the morning holding in-depth talks on issues ranging from the military campaigns in Libya and Afghanistan to the Middle East, terrorism and global economic reform.

Global economic situation is far from easy: PM

India on Tuesday dubbed as "outmoded and under stress" the global institutions of governance in the face of new challenges like food and economic security and pitched for closer cooperation among developing countries.

"The current international economic political situation is far from easy, particularly for developing countries," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said addressing the Second Africa-India Forum Summit being attended by 15 African countries.

Anne Sinclair's millions keeping accused rapist husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn out of jail

Dominique Strauss-Kahn better hope his long-suffering, third wife stands by her man as it's her fortune bankrolling his freedom.

The former International Monetary Fund chief is out on a $6 million bail package but only on the condition he pony up for a $200,000-a-month security detail to monitor his every move.

Themes of Obama’s European tour highlight changes since his election

President Obama and Europe were bound together during his first two years in office by the global economic downturn and the collective effort to resolve it. But the dominant themes of the president’s European tour, set to begin Monday, highlight how much the world has changed over that time.

As he enters the second half of his term, security issues, in South Asia and the broader Middle East, have replaced the economy as the chief shared interests of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful allies.