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Leaders such as , Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu pursue power at the cost of people. (File photo)

Ten inconsistencies in Trump’s foreign policy

How closely the Republican frontrunner’s first big foreign policy speech stands up to detailed scrutiny is already the subject of fierce debate.

Cruz slows Trump’s steamroller

Texas senator Ted Cruz described his recent win as a "turning point" in the Republican presidential race.

Sanders gets a sweet taste of victory

Bernie Sanders is on a roll after the upset win in Michigan – but the odds on him winning are slim.

Sanders wins stunning upset over Clinton, Trump wins big in Michigan primary

Vermont senator had trailed in polls by more than 20 points but opposition to free trade and growing African American support lead to victory.

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at her Super Tuesday primary night party in Miami

Trump marches toward nomination as Clinton sweeps south on Super Tuesday

Trump and Clinton win seven states and start to look toward general election even as Cruz and Sanders each claim victory in multiple states.

Insurgent champs steal US hearts

Sanders and Trump are leading separate fronts in the rebellion against the political establishment

Clinton and Trump go into caucuses leading key poll

Bernie Sanders draws biggest crowds and Donald Trump goes evangelical on the last night of campaigning before bellwether vote.

What will it take to stop Donald Trump?

For months, Trump has defied the laws of political gravity by maintaining his lead despite a never-ending string of controversies.

It’s no secret that Benjamin Netanyahu is no friend of US ­President Barack Obama.

Obama, Netanyahu strike hawkish tone on US military aid to Israel

Israeli prime minister’s visit aimed at negotiating the new 10-year military aid package and Obama says there’s no question it will be renewed.

Troubled waters: A satellite image of what is claimed to be an airstrip under construction on Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

US ratchets up tension with China

But the Pentagon is insisting its naval provocation did not breach any international maritime laws.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Clinton bid suffers spate of setbacks

The Democratic frontrunner is no longer a shoo-in, leading to mounting pressure on Biden to run.

Hope for an American jump to the left

A shift is taking place in the Democrats, which optimists hope will embrace grassroot Americans. Bernie Sanders is their candidate.

Before he became US president

How Obama threw a veil over torture

US President Barack Obama could have taken action but did not want to weaken the intelligence services.

Obama vows to launch US air strikes against Isis in Syria

United States President Barack Obama has announced an open-ended bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria.

US-Ukraine aid deal clears hurdles

Republican opposition to the package is overcome by urgent need to send strong signal to Russia.

US Speaker of the House John Boehner is sticking to his guns. (Getty Images)

Obama puts on his poker face and plays his credit card

President Barack Obama has warned of immediate damage to United States creditworthiness if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.

House speaker John Boehner. (AP)

US shutdown: Gunslinging and standoffs straight out of fiction

Democrat sheriff Barack Obama and his Republican foes have been on the brink many times but the final two days are bizarre and unpredictable.

Castles in the sand

The biggest mystery of the Dubai debt crisis is not why this desert dream has turned into a nightmare, but why it took so long.