Politics

Journalists protesting against the death of a Cameroonian newspaper editor have clashed with riot police in the capital Yaounde. Several hundred demonstrators were prevented from staging a sit-in at the prime minister’s office to mark […] […]

UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings his nuclear case to New York on Monday, turning a U.N. treaty conference into a stage for Tehran’s long-running showdown with the Western powers over its uranium […] […]

The wives and mothers of political prisoners held in Cuba have been allowed to hold their weekly protest for the first time in three weeks. Government supporters had blocked the women, known as Ladies in […] […]

A British soldier has died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment serving with 40 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group, was killed on […] […]

It was “immigration, immigration, immigration” as the ghost of Gordon Brown’s campaign gaffe haunted the last TV debate between prime ministerial hopefuls. While neither questioner nor the three party leaders spoke specifically of Mr Brown’s […] […]

ONE OF David Cameron’s closest political allies has made a payment of more than £10,000 in lieu of the capital gains tax he avoided on his state-subsidised second home. Shadow climate change minister Greg Barker […] […]

WASHINGTON — Is George W. Bush about to start a political comeback? Written off as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history when he left office, the 63-year-old Bush has been keeping a low […] […]

BURBANK, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would love to run for president — if he could. California’s actor-turned-governor was born in Austria and the U.S. Constitution prevents foreign-born citizens from holding the nation’s top job. […] […]

Kerry McCarthy is Labour’s new media campaigns spokeswoman A Labour candidate has apologised for revealing a sample of postal votes on the social networking website Twitter. Bristol East candidate and party ‘Twitter tsar’ Kerry McCarthy […] […]