Recent events show that international and humanitarian law are often no more than forms of convenient discourse for those at war.
Many Africans feel America is lagging behind China and others in its engagement with their continent.
Noam Chomsky states that if Israel is boycotted, the same fate should befall the United States. He further believes that a boycott could backfire.
Lionel Messi rescued Argentina once more to help sink Switzerland as the United States’s fairytale World Cup run came to an end against Belgium.
Georgia was always a Republican stronghold, but the Democrats’ base is growing fast.
The last US prisoner of war held in Afghanistan has been handed over to the US Special Operations in a dramatic swap for five Taliban detainees.
The last of the United States military forces will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2016, 15 years after the September 2001 attacks in New York.
A 22-year-old man – the son of a Hollywood director – killed six people before taking his own life.
Nigeria is wary of American aid, for fear the US military may gain a foothold in the country.
Nigeria has ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants.
A Federal Reserve official said he expects the US economy to start picking up in the second quarter.
Before the 2016 presidential contest begins, the lesser-known competition for the Republican Party’s most influential donors is well under way.
Major industrialised nations have warned Moscow of tougher economic sanctions if it goes beyond the seizure of Crimea.
The US and its G7 allies will gather next week at the Hague to consider a further response to Russia’s attempt to absorb Ukraine’s Crimea region.
The US and EU have imposed sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on a small group of officials from Russia and Ukraine.
Barack Obama’s ascent to power had meaning, but now his interventions are too rare and too piecemeal to constitute a narrative, writes Gary Younge.
The world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, China and the United States, have signed an agreement to work together to address climate change issues.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the US had a ‘controlling and meddlesome’ attitude towards the Islamic Republic.
The US stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of territorial claims by China.
The first round of peace talks has ended with no progess made on ending the civil war or commitment from the govt to return to the negotiating table.
Federal and state laws in the United States are not in sync, but the future full-scale legalisation of marijuana might not be too far off.
It was a small gesture: a handshake between Barack Obama and Raul Castro. It’s just what Nelson Mandela would have wanted, but does it amount to more?
France’s President François Hollande and US President Barack Obama are both seeking guarantees that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons.
The 50th anniversary of the killing of America’s 35th president has renewed the spotlight on the events in Dallas on November 22 1963.
Paul Anthony Ciancia, said to be "unresponsive" in hospital, has been charged with the murder of a federal officer at the LA International Airport.
US President Barack Obama’s bargaining hand may have been strengthened by the thrashing Republicans took in polls over their handling of the shutdown.
Americans’ patience has worn thin with Republican tactics that led to the government shutdown.
The US government shuts down nonessential services and Jacob Zuma is named as ‘Number One’ in Guptagate saga.
As Nina Davuluri took the title of Miss America, Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks at the harsh reception the first Indian-American winner received.
In reaching a deal on Syria after what a US official described as three days of "hard-fought" debate, Moscow and Washington can each count benefits.
On day three of talks between the United States and Russia, the two agree to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons by mid 2014.
The US will invest about $7-billion of state funds to double access to electricity for people in sub-Saharan Africa, says US President Barack Obama.