Hillary Clinton

Susan Rice, the combative US ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name for consideration as the next secretary of state.

Speaking in Belfast, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says violence is “never an acceptable response” to political disagreement. But is she using her visit to launch a bid for the White House?

Syria’s future takes centre stage at an international summit in Dublin. The UN’s envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, meets with Hillary Clinton.

Britain voices strong concerns over Israel’s decision to build thousands of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, but has no plans to withdaw its ambassador in Tel Aviv.

The Palestinian Authority is bidding for “non-member state” recognition by the United Nations. Will it succeed after last year’s failed push for full recognition? And what are the likely consequences?

In a bravura performance from the ultimate comeback kid, Bill Clinton embraces Barack Obama on stage at the Democratic convention after urging voters to give the president four more years in the job.

There is not just a gender gap in American politics: there is a gender chasm. Women – or at least single women – are overwhelmingly pro-Democrat. But why? And could that change?

It is cracked – but not broken yet. That old political glass ceiling is still blocking women from reaching the very top of American political power. What is going wrong?

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is reportedly under US protection at the embassy in Beijing as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares to fly to China.

Syria agrees on the terms of a ceasefire monitoring mission which will see more United Nations observers deployed.

The situation in Afghanistan is serious but improving 10 years after the invasion, Britain’s special representative to the country tells Channel 4 News.

Cleared for release in 2007, British resident Shaker Aamer is on hunger strike as lawyers say he was routinely beaten on days his legal team was due to meet him.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister has backed calls to unfreeze around £2bn of Libyan cash for humanitarian aid.