Vast leak exposes how Credit Suisse served strongmen and spies

Bank held hundreds of millions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials and human rights abusers

Afghan ethnic groups form own armies in response to militant attacks

As US and Nato forces withdraw from Afghanistan, militias are being formed across the country

Digging Deep in Dublin – Frank McNally on a dingy alley’s exotic origins and the strange story of an artist who mailed himself

An investment in the future of refugees is an investment in ours too

Displaced people will not return home for years. We must help them rebuild lives

Boko Haram’s abduction of girls an act not even al-Qaeda can condone

Kidnapping last month of over 200 girls has managed to shock fellow militants

At home with Afghanistan’s ‘King of the North’

Governor of Balkh province Atta Mohammad Noor has cut violence and corruption but fears for future remain