In a press conference last week, President Donald Trump said he believed in the worth of torture, but then added, most surprisingly, that using it was not going to be his decision.It would be decided by Secretary of Defence James Mattis, who, as Trump said, is against torture.Thr

The great flaw in former US president Barack Obama’s record was his policy towards Russia.Going against everything he had said and written about before he became president, one action after another antagonised the Russians: his early proclamation that he wanted Georgia and Ukrain

When President Barack Obama leaves office, will the world be better or worse than eight years ago?Taking the big picture, so often obscured by the wars and uprisings that dominate the front page, more often than not he has resisted the foreignpolicy establishment, most importantl

President Barack Obama steps down at the age of 55. He will probably live, given his healthy lifestyle, until he is over 90. So what on Earth is he going to do for the next 40 years?Realistically, we do not know and right now probably he does not know either.

The West African state of Congo has always been taking one step forward, two steps back. This goes back to the days when Congo became independent from Belgian rule in 1960.Now we see it again. There were supposed to be elections at the end of last year.

What you see depends on where you sit.There are the pessimists who see President-elect Donald Trump who tweeted about the need to engage in a new arms race.There are the optimists, sitting on the other side of the room, who believe the kind words uttered by President Vladimir Put

President-elect Donald Trump has decided to poke China in the eye.He phoned the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, assuring her of America’s support. Yes, the US has always supported Taiwan, but usually behind the scenes, apart from its arms supplies.

US President-elect Donald Trump is about to make the American rich even richer with his plan to cut their taxes — a cause for shame.

Donald Trump is changing the right wing’s economic spots.