Transnistria: frontline in east-west clash

Transnistria: frontline in east-west clash
George W Bush paints a rosier legacy
Aleppan businessmen set up shop in Turkey
Book questions King Juan Carlos’s role
Kerry clocks up the miles in bid for peace
Culture marks Irish president’s UK visit
Afghan voters struggle to make their mark
Japan’s yakuza seeks reversal in fortunes
US warns China over maritime disputes
Underwater hunt for MH370 ‘black box’

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 10:58 AM PDT

While emotional attachment to Russia runs deep, most exports – legal and smuggled – head in the opposite direction bound for the west

George W Bush paints a rosier legacy

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 09:44 AM PDT

The former president tries to unleash his inner Rembrandt with an exhibition of watercolours of subjects ranging from pets to Putin

Aleppan businessmen set up shop in Turkey

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:04 AM PDT

Saeed Nahass is one of thousands of Syrian businessman from the former trade hub of Aleppo to set up in Turkey and their prospects of return are dim

Book questions King Juan Carlos’s role

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 09:42 AM PDT

New book claims Juan Carlos interfered in the country's move to democracy by putting pressure on the democratically elected prime minister to resign

Kerry clocks up the miles in bid for peace

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Frenetic pace of US secretary of state's shuttle diplomacy has largely been a reflection of disintegrating talks between Israelis and Palestinians

Culture marks Irish president’s UK visit

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 07:32 AM PDT

Despite warm relations between Dublin and London, neither N Ireland or the Scottish poll will be discussed during Michael D Higgins' four-day trip

Afghan voters struggle to make their mark

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:55 AM PDT

While authorities have focused on whether violence or fraud will undermine the election, it may suffer further from a failure to deal with voters' enthusiasm

Japan’s yakuza seeks reversal in fortunes

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:01 AM PDT

Membership of Japan's criminal yakuza gangs has dropped more than a third in 20 years, forcing the gangs to rethink their image

US warns China over maritime disputes

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 11:04 PM PDT

US is stepping up rhetoric calling on China not to use coercive tactics over territorial disputes as President Barack Obama prepares for a trip to Asia

Underwater hunt for MH370 ‘black box’

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:30 AM PDT

Cockpit data recorder, believed to be key to unlocking the mystery of what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight, is expected to expire in four days