Simon Tisdall

The president’s unrelenting bid for a third term is raising tensions that could inflame the region.

The country’s president is all too aware of the consequences of the meltdown in relations between Russia and the West.

Negotiators say a deal over the country’s nuclear ambitions is at hand, but trust issues remain.

Detailed investigations of possible war crimes arising from drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen pose difficult questions for the US.

Ernest Hemingway immortalised the Paris-based Herald newspaper in his writing, but future readers will know it as the International New York Times.

Democrats of all stripes and colours rallied behind Barack Obama. Hard-line Republicans betrayed Mitt Romney. And so he lost.

Neither Sudan nor South Sudan can afford another conflict. But in Thabo Mbeki’s words, they are trapped in the "logic of war".

Despite the biggest UN operation ever, large numbers of people are being killed and displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Survey by Save the Children highlights the devastating effects of malnutrition and predicts a disaster if the situation isn’t remedied.

Its archenemy to the north remains hostile, but Africa’s newest state is not blameless either.

The delayed reaction to last year’s drought crisis in East Africa exacerbated the heavy loss of lives.

A damning report says the poor organisation of the aid response to the East African drought contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.

Former UN envoy warns of al-Qaeda’s commitment to create ‘new Somalia’ in region.

Ankara is a secular, moderate Islamist state, something its troubled neighbour could emulate.

The peaceful campaign against President Bashar al-Assad has failed — and a violent winter of armed resistance seems set to start.