f Canada and Mexico do not renegotiate NAFTA, said Hillary Clinton in the Cleveland debate, she would “opt out” of the trade treaty that was the legislative altarpiece of Bill Clinton’s presidency. Barack agreed. NAFTA is renegotiated,...

A terrorist leader who called himself “Osama bin London” and recruited the July 21 bombers was jailed indefinitely yesterday. Mohammed Hamid, 50, organised a series of training camps and paintballing sessions, telling the young Muslims that...

Apologies to those in Spain who are living with fears of a slump and housing crash but it is refreshing to see an election fought over the economy, and almost that alone. Four years ago, three days after the Madrid train bombings, in one of the most...

Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Thursday rejected Egypt’s call for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire with Israel, saying they would only accept the proposal if Israel stopped pursuing their members both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Several cars slow and one stops when Sarah walks down the street in her home town of Beit Shemesh, an ultra-orthodox Jewish enclave west of Jerusalem. On this morning, the streets teem with women herding their children to school in the modest garb and...

The United Nations named a little-known Norwegian diplomat as its special envoy for Afghanistan yesterday, weeks after its preferred candidate, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, was rejected by President Hamid Karzai. Kai Eide, a one-time UN envoy to...

That the personal is political has ever been a central tenet of the women’s movement. But never has it caused such conflict, generational collision and soul-searching for American feminists as when contemplating whether to support Hillary Clinton...

Food shortages and a credit boom are pushing up prices in China but officials are confident inflation can be held to its 4.8% target this year. Inflation would be “the No 1 item on our agenda”, said Ma Kai, head of China’s planning...

Systematic discrimination against girls and women in the world’s poorest countries will prevent the United Nations meeting its goals to reduce poverty, according to a report published today by the charity network ActionAid. The report says gender...

European Union leaders will receive a stark warning next week of potential conflict with Russia over energy resources at the North Pole as global warning melts the ice cap and aggravates international security threats.