Reading Svetlana Alexievich’s ‘War’s Unwomanly Face’ gave Nina L Khrushcheva an insight into the emotions her own relatives experienced as they fought, and survived, the Second World War

A second night of rioting and vandalism in the Estonian capital injured 66 people, including six policeman, after the government’s decision to remove a Soviet war memorial revered by minority Russians.

An emotional wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Soviet War Memorial in London today as the loss of 27 million soldiers and civilians from the former USSR in the Second World War was commemorated.

VITAL information gained from the arrests of a senior al-Qaida terrorist and a militant computer expert highlights the progress Pakistan is making in the fight against terrorism.

Senior Russian and US officials began consultations in Moscow today that were expected to focus on potential terrorist threats coming from groups based in Afghanistan.