Gordon Brown has used his first major speech since leaving office to say the future growth of the world economy is reliant upon the development of Africa. Read the full story

Gordon Brown could resign as Britain’s prime minister Tuesday night, British news media were reporting Tuesday as the United Kingdom waited to hear whether they will soon have a new conservative leader residing in 10 Downing Street. Read the full story

Nick Clegg called for a period of calm reflection today as Britain woke up to the uncertainties of the first hung Parliament in 36 years and Labour signalled its willingness to cling to power. Read the full story

As President Zuma, the South African President, began his three-day state visit to Britain today, his official welcome by the Queen was, depending on one’s point of view, either the best of British pomp and pageantry, or an anachronistic reminder of our colonial past (the ostrich feathers on the hat worn by the Master of the Horse being a bit of a giveaway there). Read the full story

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West, adding that the US will go down in history as the biggest-ever thief. Read the full story

Former British child migrants to Australia and Canada say British government’s apology for shipping them abroad is too little too late. Read the full story

President Lula da Silva of Brazil today attacked the UN for failing to act on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and claimed its reticence was down to Britain’s seat on the Security Council. Read the full story

Argentina cemented a Latin American front over the Falklands yesterday as a British oil rig began drilling in the disputed seas around the islands. Read the full story

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has slammed the US and the UK for their ‘oil hunger’ that has sparked tensions over drilling plans near the Falklands or Las Malvinas. Read the full story

Gordon Brown’s launch of a Labour election campaign promising economic recovery was in jeopardy last night as a record slump in tax receipts fuelled fears that Britain could slip back into recession. Read the full story

Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Downing Street tomorrow for talks on the deadlock in Northern Ireland’s devolution talks. Read the full story

Cabinet ministers have backed the Prime Minister after two senior MPs called for a secret vote on his leadership of the Labour Party. Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have written to all members of the parliamentary party asking them to support a ballot on Gordon Brown’s leadership. Read the full story