Thousands gathered in Kabul to pay their respects to Burhannudin Rabbani, the government's main peace negotiator who was assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week. More
Ruling United Russia has a long record of courting celebrities. On the eve of its weekend congress, we asked some prominent Russians what membership means to them. More
One of the foundations of physics -- that nothing can go faster than the speed of light -- has been shaken by new findings at one of the world's top scientific laboratories. More