South Africa names apartheid-era negotiator as ambassador to US

The 2015 Iran deal curbed Tehran's nuclear program until the US pulled out. After years of failed diplomacy and 40 days of war, talks are back on. Donald Trump has said he can strike a "better" deal than Barack Obama.

UN chief calls for end to 'nightmare' war as Khartoum rejects international conference as 'colonial tutelage approach'.

The sugar industry’s bitter legacy, built on slavery, exploitation and environmental damage, is still resonating today.

Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but prospects for ceasefire remain distant More than £1bn (€1.15bn) has been pledged for war-ravaged Sudan at a conference in Berlin, eclipsing the funding target organisers had set to help mitigate the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The financial commitments made on Wednesday will also help offset a chronic humanitarian funding shortfall in a country devastated by three years of conflict, where two-thirds of its population – 34m people – r