In 1988, the Soviet army left Afghanistan after a campaign by the Western-backed mujahideen. Since then, many myths have grown up about the country.

Now that the military battle for Libya is all but over, the challenges are enormous.

Nato’s hawks have done a crucial about-turn on Gaddafi’s future and Ramadan provides the perfect opportunity to press for a settlement.

Bloody protests open debate over a more equitable system of government.

What Barack Obama should tell Binyamin Netanyahu in their imminent meeting.

Despite recent US policy, Europe’s security is best served by finding shared ground with Moscow.

Obama calls it "an amazing journey", but he would be the first to admit it began when he was only a toddler.

Now that Barack Obama is almost certain to be the Democratic Party’s nominee, those who want to believe he may change the United States’s foreign policy should turn to his…

Short of his falling out of an SUV speeding the wrong way down Moscow’s traffic-congested roads, there was never any doubt that Dmitry Medvedev would be elected Russia’s next…

Turkey’s move towards a full-scale invasion of northern Iraq looks more like a crab’s walk than a charging bull. The ruling party of moderate Islamists has many foes to target,…

Diyala is Iraq’s province of death. No one knows how many people die violently here every week. Batches of bodies are dumped by the roadside almost every night. Many go missing,…

With as much secrecy as the Pentagon, the United Nations has been busily counting the likely casualty toll of a war on Iraq. While the Pentagon focuses on its troops, the network…

Imagine a prime minister who makes his first visit to the world’s fourth largest democracy and refuses to meet the leader of the opposition.

According to a UN source, Annan is dissatisfied with the work of a ­particular Japanese official in another post in the UN, and wants to remove him.