The US and SA pledged joint action on Friday to induce reforms in Zimbabwe as Hillary Clinton hailed a new spirit of cooperation between the countries
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged South Africa on Friday to use its influence to bolster reforms in Zimbabwe.
40 years after the horrific killing spree by Charles Manson’s ”family” in 1969, the macabre fascination with the murders remains as intense as ever.
The United States wants Israel to sign up to a one-year freeze on settlement activity, according to reports on Thursday.
Barack Obama’s approval rating has slumped to 50%, according to a poll released on Thursday on the eve of his 200th day in office.
Hillary Clinton on Thursday voiced regret that the US was not part of the International Criminal Court as she promoted its usefulness in Africa.
Hillary Clinton’s African tour cannot conceal a stark reality: China has overtaken the US as Africa’s top trading partner.
The US on Wednesday warned that bad governance was holding back Africa.
Despite nationwide financial misery, President Barack Obama has a new message for Americans: the pulse of the sickly US economy is quickening.
The Pentagon is seeking to speed deployment of a ”bunker-buster” bomb on the most advanced US bomber as soon as July 2010, the Air Force said.
Long after President Barack Obama’s first term ends in 2013, millions of United States families will still be paying the price for the recession.
Hillary Clinton this week kicks off a seven-nation tour of Africa aiming to prove US commitment to the continent.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will accept the Medal of Freedom award from US President Barack Obama next week, his office said on Friday.
Colleges and universities across the US are offering free courses online on virtually every subject imaginable.
Microsoft and Yahoo! have launched a 10-year web-search deal to challenge market leader Google.
The Cape Cod resort area could in the next few years claim a new title of home to the United States’ first offshore wind farm.
When Hugo Chávez told Barack Obama he wanted to be his friend, there appeared to be a chance he would tone down his anti-US rhetoric.
Sarah Palin begins the next stage of her highly unpredictable political life on Monday having bowed out of her post of governor of Alaska.
Harvard academic agrees to meet white officer who detained him as United States President Barack Obama seeks to defuse tension.
More than a thousand people showed up for former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s annual picnic held in her hometown of Wasilla.
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North Korea shot back on Thursday at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who recently likened the isolated regime to a child demanding attention.
Federal agents and detectives swooped on the offices of Michael Jackson’s doctor on Wednesday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Asia’s biggest security community to keep the pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear programme.
Without continued funding for Aids treatment, Africa risks a return to the days of ”wholesale carnage”, an Aids crusader said this week.
Battling slumping poll numbers, Barack Obama holds a primetime news conference on Wednesday, in a bid to counter growing criticism of his policies.
Despite anger and despair over the killings in Minnesota’s Somali community police and prosecutors have struggled to catch the killers.
Honduras’ ousted president has called on the international community to support him in returning to power after crisis talks broke down.
Wall Street bank has recovered from the credit crunch and may pay bonuses of $900 000 this year, reports Andrew Clark.
Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of news events made him ”the most trusted man in America”, died on Friday.
For a new president, there inevitably comes that moment: the first time he hears a foreign crowd hoarsely chanting his name.
The CIA withheld information about a counter-terrorism programme from Congress for eight years on orders from former US vice-president Dick Cheney.