Detailed investigations of possible war crimes arising from drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen pose difficult questions for the US.
In a meeting with the US secretary of state, France has demanded an explanation of the latest revelations about a controversial US spying programme.
US President Barack Obama’s bargaining hand may have been strengthened by the thrashing Republicans took in polls over their handling of the shutdown.
The US government has reopened its doors after Congress passed legislation to end a government shutdown.
US President Barack Obama has pushed through a Senate deal aimed at averting a debt default and ending a government shutdown.
The Reserve Bank is keeping a watchful eye on whether the US will default on its debt payments.
In the US there is a sense of submission to a political system that is held hostage by private interests and corporate lobbying, writes Gavin Silber.
The secret federal court overseeing US wiretapping programs has extended the government’s authority to collect telephone records it has been revealed.
President Barack Obama has warned of immediate damage to United States creditworthiness if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.
Technology can’t save a candidate who sucks, says the man who led Barack Obama’s social media campaign.
Barack Obama says that the US would focus its attack on al-Qaeda-linked groups in Africa but had no intention of going to war on the continent.
Neither Republicans nor Democrats have offered any sign of agreements on either the shutdown or the debt ceiling as an October 17 deadline looms.
A failed raid in Somalia and anger at the capture of an al-Qaeda leader in Libya has focused on the US’s problems in its fight against militants.
While SA reports on reserve figures, the US’s political stalemate between the Republicans and Democrats will continue to preoccupy global markets.
Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives have agreed to pay all furloughed employees retroactively once the government reopens.
Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Congress to end the partial government shutdown and think "hard" about the message it sends the world.
Harper Reed, Obama’s 2012 campaign chief technology officer talks about the drive’s success, but says "tech can’t help you if your party sucks".
The US government shuts down nonessential services and Jacob Zuma is named as ‘Number One’ in Guptagate saga.
Sex scandals and political setbacks might have brought out the best in US leaders Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Due to lawmakers’ inability to reach a budget deal for the fiscal year, the US government’s shutdown will cut back on services.
US President Barack Obama said he is not resigned to a US government shutdown taking place with a midnight deadline looming.
As meetings take place to prevent the US government from closing down, a House Republican leader has hinted that his party could offer a new plan.
Republicans early on Sunday approved a one-year delay to "Obamacare", bringing the federal government closer to a shutdown.
As far as metaphors of death go in Kenya, mentioning Ngong forest in the very first paragraph of your novel will have a chilling and powerful impact.
Percy Zvomuya speaks to Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole, who was in South Africa for the Open Book Festival.
Despite France’s sentiments, Russia’s foreign minister has said there was no proof that Bashar al-Assad’s troops carried out the attack on Damascus.
A UN report detailing the Damascus chemical attack has bolstered the US argument that Syria’s government was responsible, says the White House.
UN chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom has found in his report that nerve agent sarin was used in the August 21 attack on Damascus.
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An elite Syrian unit that runs the state’s chemical arms programme has been dispersing the weapons to dozens of sites across the country, say reports.
The US’s decision to not strike Syria leaves Saudi Arabia and Qatar with a few options beyond continuing to fund one side in a military stalemate.
France is mobilised and ready to launch military action over the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, says President Francois Hollande.