1. MAO
(Opinions/Bulletin)

Revolutionary icon China country profileQ&A: Mao and Maoism Mao and meThirty years after the death of Mao Zedong, Sidney Rittenberg, the only American to join the Chinese Communist Party,

2. China: Country profile
(Opinions/Society)

The world's most populous country has a rich history and one of the longest documented civilisations.  Over the centuries China's cultural and social impact has been huge, producing some of the

3. UN deplores Honduras embassy siege
(Archived/News/Global)

The UN Security Council has "condemned" the siege of the Brazilian embassy in Honduras by the military-backed interim government since Manuel Zelaya, the country's ousted president, took she

4. Zelaya return draws Honduras curfew
(Archived/News/Global)

The ousted president of Honduras has returned to his country nearly three months after he was forced from power and into exile by a military-backed coup.

5. Country profile: Kuwait
(Archived/News/SReports)

Arguably, most people outside the region would have known little about Kuwait before Iraq's 1990 invasion and the seven-month occupation that led to the first Gulf war in 1991.

6. Country profile: Lebanon
(Archived/News/SReports)

Lebanon is one of the smallest countries in the Middle East, yet it is one of the most politically contested nations in the region – largely owing to its proximity to Israel.

7. Yemen: Country profile
(Archived/News/SReports)

Prosperous and famed in ancient times, Yemen has been an important transit point between Africa, the Middle East and Asia.