April 2, 2013 The 23-year-old girlfriend of the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky said she did not believe he had killed himself and that they had been planning to go to Israel on holiday together days after he was found dead.

April 1, 2013 Australia will urge China this week to clamp down on the flow of technology and equipment crossing its borders into North Korea that could be used by the rogue nation in its nuclear weapons program.

April 1, 2013 An Australian is set for a remarkable trip, writes Helen Womack in Moscow.

April 1, 2013 In the first of a series of stories leading up to the Prime Minister's visit on Friday, John Garnaut examines the personal perils that impede closer business ties.

April 1, 2013 An Australian man plans to tack through Russia.

April 1, 2013 Fourteen-time Grammy award-winning sound engineer and producer has died at 79.

March 31, 2013 Chinese authorities say no survivors have yet been found a day after 83 copper mine workers were buried in a landslide in Tibet.

March 31, 2013 The city's police have found a way to spot trouble before it starts, writes Nick O'Malley.

March 31, 2013 It has long been famed for its world-class dancers and productions, but the Bolshoi Theatre is now mired in a series of scandals that reflect the state of Russia itself.

March 31, 2013 Carl Mather lifted his four-year-old girl into his large tattooed forearms as he walked along the corridor of his Nanjing apartment and peered through the eye hole in the door.