Barack Obama has hinted that the US could talk to moderate elements of the Taliban as part of its strategy in Afghanistan. The US president’s words come ahead of a visit on Monday by Joe Biden, the US vice president, to Europe for consultations with America’s Nato allies on the …

The sermon will be broadcast on Ses on Sunday, the first time state television will have shown a religious address in Kurdish. A state-run mosque in southeastern Turkey held the country’s first official Kurdish-language sermon this weekend, part of the government’s efforts to boost rights for Kurds and meet European …

Many will be surprised how successful our intelligence services were in Serbian-Croatian spying war, a Serbian spy said. The priority of Serbian intelligence services is currently Kosovo, as well as collecting documents for a counter lawsuit before the International Court of Justice against Croatia.