David Blair's Blog, page 33

John Kerry flies to Vienna to negotiate nuclear deal

US secretary of state John Kerry will fly to Vienna on Thursday in attempt to settle confrontation over Iran's nuclear programme

Israeli drone commander: 'The life and death decisions I took in Gaza'

Exclusive: Israeli drone commander who served throughout the last three Gaza wars tells The Telegraph that he has made some 'wrong calls' but has 'learnt to live' with life and death dilemmas

How Israel's enemies have changed their tactics

Analysis: the latest round of violence shows nothing can prevent a man with murder on his mind and a knife in his hand, writes David Blair

Russian warplanes risking safety of European airliners, says Nato chief

Jens Stoltenberg, the new secretary general of Nato, tells the Telegraph that more Russian military jets are flying over Europe without contacting air traffic control, raising the risk of mid-air collisions

Jens Stoltenberg: the new man at Nato who must stand up to Putin and his tanks

Interview: the former Prime Minister of Norway takes the reins as Russia sends more forces into Ukraine

Final effort in US-Iran nuclear talks could settle 35 years of enmity and help defuse Middle East

Diplomats meet on Tuesday seeking a comprehensive agreement to ensure Iran never produces the ultimate weapon - though Barack Obama could still expect a fierce battle over the issue with both houses of Congress

Violence in eastern Ukraine 'escalating', says OSCE

A Russian military build-up in rebel-held eastern Ukraine raises fears of a new offensive

A new Cold War

Have Western nations made confrontation with President Putin inevitable, asks David Blair

Iran fails to answer questions on nuclear research, says IAEA

As deadline nears for final agreement on nuclear issue, international inspectors say Iran has failed to come clean on past research into technology related to nuclear weapons

Why Barack Obama is writing letters to Iran's Supreme Leader

Analysis: The real aim of the correspondence is to reassure Iran's leader that "regime change" is not America's goal