More from Brazil in today's Wikileaks cables dump, with the South American nation's strong support for the International Criminal Court (defying George W. Bush) documented in 2004-05. Luke Miller reports.
It is understandable that the mood in Nairobi was tense. It is not every day that a country’s political elite is accused of crimes against humanity, writes Rafiq Copeland from Nairobi.
The death toll for foreign troops in Afghanistan hit 700 for the year this weekend making 2010 the deadliest year of the nearly decade-long war. At least in Iraq foreign troop deaths are declining, explains Richard Farmer.
Rarely is it possible to predict a day when history will be made. In Sudan, January 9 is such a date. Rafiq Copeland reports on a significant independence vote for African and global politics.
On his deathbed yesterday, top US diplomat Richard Holbrooke's final words were: "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan." It was the perfect final soundbite for the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, even if it was wrong.
Is America about to get its comeuppance from a US credit ratings group in the shape of a downgrading of its credit worthiness, or outlook?
As the year comes to an end and the "best of" lists begin, check out Reuters pick of its 55 best news photos from 2010, from refugees desperate for food to grieving families at military funerals. Even more fascinating, the photographers explain the stories behind each startling frame.
As ever with WikiLeaks, the moral implications in the Kenyan case remain ambiguous, writes Rafiq Copeland from Kenya.
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange is in custody in the UK tonight, after failing to win bail on a European arrest warrant issued to extradite him to Sweden.
The sea breeze swept in as we drew closer to the southern-most tip of Ghana and the closest point on land to the Jubilee oilfield, which holds an estimated 1.6 billion barrels in oil reserves, writes freelance journalist Clair MacDougall.
