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

mutually beneficial cooperation between their countries. Uzbekistan wishes to further deepen its mutually beneficial cooperation with China on politics, economy, trade and security, which will benefit the two countries and the two peoples, Karimov said

• April 25, 2010

Austria has signed up to build part of Russia's South Stream gas pipeline, while keeping a hand in the competing European pipeline Nabucco.

• April 25, 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

Human rights activists and artists in Istanbul commemorated the 1915-17 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks for the first time Saturday, breaking with a near century-old Turkish taboo.

• 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 G20 says the global economy is emerging from recession faster than expected, although the Greek crisis causes concern.

• April 24, 2010