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We will find out allies among the American people, not its government led by Donald Trump. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Trump moves to strangle Iran economy as nuclear deal withers

​US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tightened the screws further on Iran with sanctions on its mining industry

Michael Cohen as sentenced to three years in prison in December, after admitting to having paid hush money during the 2016 election to two women who said they had had affairs with Donald Trump. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Trump’s one-time aide who turned on him goes to jail

Michael Cohen who once said he was ready to "take a bullet" for Trump is awaited at the federal prison in Otisville, New York

US President Barack Obama.

Ebola: Obama orders US military to West Africa

President Barack Obama has called the Ebola crisis a threat to world security and has sent up to 3 000 US military personnel to the region.

Getting to grips: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has support from his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov at the talks.

Blunders and stubborness hobble Syria talks

Syria: The long road to finding peace after years of war.

India transfers diplomat to UN amid US tensions

India said it transferred a diplomat to its UN delegation in an attempt to protect her from prosecution for visa fraud and underpaying a maid.

Trap: The operations have raised concerns about the privacy of people who immerse themselves in the virtual world.

Gamers spook world of spycraft

US and UK intelligence agents have been posing as Orcs and Elves to snare terror suspects online.

The lessons of our past cast a long shadow over Syria (Photo Archive)

The lessons of our past cast a long shadow over Syria

Public opinion, like old generals, is always preparing to fight the last war.

Opinion: To regulate or not regulate, that is the internet question

Hacking could be used as an excuse to police the internet more but we need online openness to expose wrongdoing, writes Alistair Fairweather.

President Barack Obama is due to face Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a debate focused on foreign policy on Monday.

US says willing to meet with Iran on nukes but no talks set

The New York Times has reported that the United States and Iran have agreed in principle to hold one-on-one negotiations on Iran’s nuclear.

Rwanda President Paul Kagame.

Love affair with Rwanda’s Kagame goes sour

Alarm bells have been ringing in Washington and London over Rwanda’s clampdown on internal freedoms, writes David Smith.

Investigators remove computer equipment as evidence from the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes on July 21 2012 in Aurora

Aurora shooting: Poignant details of young film fans killed in massacre

As the US came to terms with another gun massacre on Saturday, new details emerged of the victims of the cinema shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

A veteran Taliban commander and former Guantánamo Bay inmate says ‘it would take divine ­intervention’ for the Islamist movement to win control of Kabul.

Taliban seeks negotiated settlement in Afghanistan

A senior commander of the Taliban has offered a pragmatic view on the futility of the war and the future of Afghanistan. Julian Borger reports.

Sheriff’s crackdown becomes law

Sheriff’s crackdown becomes law

A controversial Bill that targets illegal Latinos is setting a precedent for other conservative states in the United States.