Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...

As we reported earlier, Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine "may or may not be Russian someday" (see 8.17am post). We've been keeping an eye on reaction in Ukraine, where the comments are ...

Ever since 23 December, when a man bound for Dubai via Addis Ababa was arrested at Antananarivo's Ivato airport with a diplomatic bag containing 53kg of gold ingots, there has been no sign of Julien ...