Hillary Clinton admitted to hospital

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital tonight for treatment of a blood clot stemming from a concussion suffered several weeks ago, her spokesman...

Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clot

Nick O'Malley The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has been admitted to a New York hospital for treatment for a blood clot, in the wake of her treatment for a concussion earlier this month.

Hillary Clinton leaves US hospital after blood clot scare

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left a hospital three days after being admitted for having a blood clot close to her brain.

Hillary Clinton considers presidential run

The 2012 US election may be far from decided, but suddenly there is fresh speculation over the 2016 race, and whether Hillary Clinton might once again feature on the ballot paper.

Hillary Clinton visits Cambodia

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with victims of human trafficking on her first official visit to Cambodia.

Hillary Clinton 'doesn't want second term'

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today she intends to complete four years as secretary of state, though she doesn’t want to serve in the cabinet or seek elected office again.

River be damned

Dave Tacon The mighty Mekong, the lifeblood of many Asian nations, and holiday destination for an increasing number of Australians, is being heavily dammed.

Sex, drugs, and diplomatic security

A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats.

Inquiry opens into vice, drugs cover-up

A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security staff tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats.

Manning's US court martial a ruthless gambit to put an end to whistleblowing

Paul McGeough The Obama administration is going for broke in the case of Bradley Manning.

One man faces the machine

Paul McGeough The Obama administration is going for broke in the case of Bradley Manning, the perpetrator of the biggest leaking of classified documents in US history - but at the end of the first week of the...

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The truth about Benghazi

Paul McGeough The shelling of the US embassy in Libya is dividing opinion, writes Chief Correspondent Paul McGeough in Washington.

Weiner back online with NYC mayoral bid

Anthony Weiner, the disgraced ex-US congressman forced to resign after tweeting lewd photos of himself to women, has announced he is running for mayor of New York.

Diplomat details fatal Libya night when consulate burned

Scott Shane A veteran US diplomat has given a riveting minute-by-minute account of the lethal terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, last September 11 and described its contentious aftermath in nearly five hours...

Immortalised but divisive to the end

Nick Miller As the congregation at St Paul's Cathedral wait on Wednesday for Margaret Thatcher's funeral cortege to arrive, they will be able to peruse Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations of Immortality on the back of...

Clinton changes tack on gay marriage

Sheryl Gay Stolberg Hillary Clinton has endorsed same-sex marriage, saying "gay rights are human rights".

'I take full responsibility'

Philip Dorling The separate, but deeply entwined, stories of US Army private Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange have taken another step towards resolution.

Israel prepares for wider conflict

Phoebe Greenwood, Richard Spencer Israel is said to be considering further attacks in Syria and Lebanon following the air strikes on a weapons convoy this week, and on Friday claimed ''the entire axis of evil is coming apart''.

Clinton bows out, for now

Bradley Klapper, Matthew Lee Hillary Clinton has formally resigned as the 67th US secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure in the office during which she shattered previous records for the number of countries visited.