Kandaharis live in an ancient, vibrant city that vies with Kabul as Afghanistan’s cultural, political, and economic heart. But it is a fiercely contested city that has not known normal life for many years.

• April 26, 2010

Dmitry Rogozin and Ronald Asmus on why Andrew Bacevich's call to pull America out of NATO is unrealistic.

• April 26, 2010

Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country's soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It's being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats.

• April 26, 2010

The head of the IMF says the Greek people should not fear the agency, adding it wants help the country's economic crisis.

• April 25, 2010

Come October and the skies over Jangalmahal will resonate with the sound of powerful jet engines. Pilots of the Royal Air Force in Eurofighter Typhoons will match their skills against the IAF's flying aces in Indradhanush 2010, the third in a series of joint air exercises between India and the UK.

• April 24, 2010

24 (Itar-Tass) -- Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has set the task of wiping pout rebels in the North Caucasus. ?There is yet much to be done to strengthen law and order in the North Caucasus. Wiping out rebels is priority,? he said at a meeting in

• April 24, 2010

India should shed its inhibitions to secure an eminent place in the new world order, says Dominique Moisi.

• April 24, 2010

The European Union is set to resume talks on the sharing of citizens' financial information with counter-terrorism agencies in the United States. The plans had been put on hold due to privacy concerns.

• April 23, 2010