The German government has approved the sale to Indonesia of about 100 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers but has put off a decision on a tank sale to Saudi Arabia, a defense source said on Friday. ...

When David Cameron backed the suspension of EU sanctions on Burma in April 2012, he emphasised in no uncertain terms that they would return if President Thein Sein’s administration reneged on democratic reform ...

“Any bombing of Libyan territory could provoke a large-scale conflict between the so-called West and the so-called Arab world,” said Vitaly Churkin, a Russian Parliamentary leader. ...