Cuba to get high-speed internet but the government is making it clear that it will impose strong controls on what's available on the web.
Farmers in Venezuela prepare to battle President Hugo Chavez over his government's plans to seize thousands of hectares of fertile farmland.
Here is the text of US President Barack Obama’s address to the nation in which he announced the deployment of 30,000 additional troops in Afghanistan. It was delivered from the US Military Academy at West Point, New York on Tuesday.
Republican South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson has said he regrets shouting "you lie!" at US President Barack Obama during his speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.
In an impassioned plea for a comprehensive healthcare overhaul, US President Barack Obama told a joint session of Congress he would not back down from the challenges of fixing the system and called for an end to partisan “bickering”.
US President Barack Obama used his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa on July 10-11 to inspire the African people to take charge of their own destiny and shape a better future for the continent. Give us your views on his speech in Ghana.
Melissa Bell discusses the Nicolas Sarkozy’s historic speech with Sophie Pedder (The Economist), Jacques Myard (UMP); Gilles Garnier (PCF) and Stefan Braendle (Frankfurter Rundschau)
Melissa Bell discusses the reshuffle of the French government with Sophie Pedder (The Economist), Jacques Myard (UMP), Gilles Garnier (PCF) and Stefan Braendle (Frankfurter Rundschau).
Washington said it "welcomed" Benjamin Netanyahu's endorsement of the creation of a Palestinian state on Sunday. Israel has been under pressure from Washington to endorse a two-state peace plan and freeze all settlement activity.
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Benjamin Netanyahu was “sabotaging” peace plans, shortly after the Israeli prime minister laid out in a speech his vision for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would accept a 'demilitarised Palestinian state', but offered no new concessions to Palestinian demands, repeating opposition to refugees' return or a complete freeze of settlements.
