WASHINGTON, March 5 ― The Bush administration has decided to reach out more often and more intensively to Russia at a time when the leadership in Moscow is harshly criticizing American policy and some scholars say the United States has not…

KABUL: Nine members of a family were killed in an American airstrike in central Afghanistan, including five women and three children, during a battle with militants, Afghan officials said Monday.The U.S. military acknowledged that it had d…

BEIJING: Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China crossed swords Monday with President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, rejecting any step toward independence for the island a day after Chen said it should be a separate country.In a speech at the openi…

By LYDIA POLGREEN Published: March 5, 2007 DAKAR, Senegal, March 4 ― The president of Ivory Coast and the leader of a rebel group that controls its northern half signed a new agreement on Sunday to end a political impasse and reunite the c…

The trial of Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity has begun at The Hague tribunal.He is accused of taking part in a conspiracy to drive Serbs out of Kosovo through murder, rap…

The claims were aired last week in an Israeli documentary, described by its director as a "self-examination" of Israel's use of force during the war."In Egypt, the opposition is taking the story and distorting it into an issue to disrupt t…

Richard Lea Monday March 5, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Granta magazine has unveiled its second list of the best young American novelists - a mixture of authors already familiar on this side of the Atlantic, such as Guardian first book award w…

It should have been their last night roughing it, sleeping on the floor of a guesthouse built from sticks, before five Britons returned to the comfort of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, where they worked.But yesterday the three 4x4s th…

Luke Harding in Moscow Tuesday March 6, 2007 The Guardian A senior Russian journalist who embarrassed the country's military establishment with a series of exclusive stories has been found dead outside his flat in mysterious circumstances.…