Latin America leaders (and Barack Obama) are set to confront the idea that the war on drugs has failed and that an alternative approach must be found.
When President Barack Obama criticised Mitt Romney by name this week, he worded his attack carefully and with bite.
Mitt Romney’s decisive victories in three Republican presidential primaries have positioned him to try and knock Rick Santorum out of the contest.
US President Barack Obama has stepped up his re-election by accusing Republicans of pursuing an economic policy akin to ruthless "social Darwinism".
Republicans are rallying against what they see as an insidious attack on Christians by Democrats in governmentbent on eroding ‘moral values’.
Obama proposal is a symbol of the efforts the president and Democrats are making to portray themselves as champions of economic fairness.
They speak with forked tongues and attack the Constitution in their sleep. Politicians — we can’t expel them ourselves, but we can Poogle them.
The US and China have agreed to coordinate their response if North Korea goes through with a planned rocket launch next month.
Syrian forces sent shells crashing into a rebel Homs neighbourhood for a seventh straight day, hours after Russia warned Damascus to avoid civil war.
Barack Obama has urged North Korea to cancel a planned rocket launch, warning the regime it had nothing to gain from ‘threats or provocations’.
US President Barack Obama has urged China to use its influence to stop North Korea’s "bad behaviour" in a nuclear standoff with the West.
President Barack Obama is returning to the threat to US security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.
Republican Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory over top rival Rick Santorum in Illinois.
In a five-event, two city, 1 700 mile fund-raising odyssey, US President Obama managed to amass over $5-million in funding for his electoral campaign.
US President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plunged to 41% in a new poll, underlining that his prospects for November’s election remain uncertain.
American military doctors are reporting that the number of suicides in the US army rose by 80% after the US launched the war on Iraq.
Mitt Romney assured his followers he would earn the 2012 Republican nomination, as he savoured Super Tuesday victories and savaged Barack Obama.
An uncompromising speech in the US by Israel’s prime minister has persuaded the public back home that war with Iran is possible, perhaps even likely.
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/ 25 February 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged that Washington would help Tunisia rebuild its economy and democracy as it struggles with reforms.
US President Barack Obama hit a high note when he succumbed to the cajoling of Mick Jagger and BB King at an event to mark Black History Month.
Israel’s Defence Minister has called on world leaders to tighten sanctions on Iran before it enters a zone of immunity against its nuclear programme.
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/ 16 February 2012
It is an election year in the US and anything, even what cannot possibly be supported by the evidence, can be said, as long as it gets votes.
US President Barack Obama has cut the defence budget for 2013, which includes funding for a shift in strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific.
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/ 14 February 2012
Everyone needs a cheesy Valentine’s Day card. Especially Jacob Zuma, Barack Obama and Luis Suarez.
Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8-trillion budget brimming with populist tax hikes on the rich and jobs spending designed to outmanoeuvre Republicans.
Barack Obama’s budget will project a $1.3-trillion deficit for the current fiscal year, slightly higher than $1.296-trillion in 2011.
Many US Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney but no one is pushing the panic button — yet.
Boosted by rising US jobs figures, Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit the 50% mark and has opened up a lead over his likely Republican opponent.
Barack Obama says the US has a good idea of the progress of Iran’s nuclear programme and has a military response ready should it be necessary.
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on Obama.
Unmanned drones can effortlessly vaporise enemies — and innocent civilians too.
There are so many tough decisions in South Africa and so few people to make them.