Politics

HAVANA—A recently freed Cuban political prisoner has won permission to immigrate to the United States and plans to leave next week, his brother said Thursday. Ariel Sigler, a 44-year-old who is paralyzed from the waist […] […]

In flowing white apostolic robes, the president of Zimbabwe, a Roman Catholic, stands at the pulpit to spread hatred. That should come as no surprise. Robert Mugabe, once undeniably a great patriot and African darling […] […]

THE US has apologised to Russia for not giving prompt consular access to a pilot held for smuggling, saying it hit the wrong number on a fax. A year after the United States and Russia […] […]

The United Nations’ highest court has ruled that Kosovo’s declaration of independence was legal, dealing a blow to Serbia, which vowed never to accept its former province as a separate state and warned the ruling […] […]

The Scottish Government has declined a request from US Senators that Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill appear at a hearing on the Lockerbie controversy. The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations asked for Mr MacAskill, who […] […]

THE United States is to resume ties with Indonesian special forces after a 12-year moratorium imposed because of concerns over human rights abuses. The announcement, made during a visit by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates […] […]

Jamaica – PRIME Minister Bruce Golding last night called Tuesday’s failure to extend the State of PUBLIC Emergency a setback in the fight against crime but sounded a rallying cry that the battle “can be […] […]

THE United States’s next spy chief has warned of the danger of future military attack by North Korea. The warning came as Washington the United States announced new sanctions against the nuclear-armed dictatorship. The sanctions […] […]

MOSCOW—The Russian Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. on Wednesday of “kidnapping” a Russian pilot in the West African country of Liberia several weeks ago for alleged drug smuggling. Konstantin Yaroshenko, 41, was arrested in Monrovia, […] […]