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Afghanistan hits back at foreign critics

Afghanistan hit back at pressure from Western powers for it to crackdown on corruption and accused the United Nations envoy to Kabul of seeking to interfere in the formation of the next government

Brown attacked by ex-defence chiefs

The UK prime minister has been attacked by three former chiefs of the defence staff for his conduct over the Afghan war, with the trio all calling for ‘clear direction’ over policy

Cambodia job offer sparks row

Caustic nature of latest Cambodian-Thai spat over former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra reprises many previous disputes in the neighbours’ often testing relations

Lachlan Murdoch pays $21m for Sydney mansion

Lachlan Murdoch has upstaged the visit to Australia of his father Rupert after splashing out A$23m on a Sydney mansion sold by the French government’s former consulate

China hits out at US in fresh trade spat

China accused the US of protectionist and biased trade policies yesterday - only a week beforePresident Barack Obama's first visit to Beijing. In a stinging rebuke to...

Taliban claims to hold soldiers’ bodies

Taliban says it is holding the bodies of two drowned foreign soldiers recovered in western Afghanistan

Brown seeks to rally public over Afghan war

Gordon Brown warned Hamid Karzai, the newly reappointed Afghan president, that he must meet five key tests over the next few months if he is to guarantee an effective partnership between his government and Nato over Afghanistan’s future

Beijing tightens internet controls

A sinking feeling is spreading among China's internet users. Over the past nine months, the government has tightened online censorship to an extent not seen in years...

US slaps duties on Beijing steel pipe imports

The US hit China with another big trade action as it slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn worth of Chinese pipe imports

EU and India to establish free trade by 2010

EU officials said they would push hard for a bilateral free trade agreement with India at the one-day summit in New Delhi but Indian ministers were more cautious