6:40pm

Mumbai attack plotter jailed for 35 years

Relatively lenient US sentence will aggrieve Indian government

6:20pm

US foreign policy starts at home, says Kerry

America urged to puts its fiscal house in order

5:40pm

Geithner leaves with reputation enhanced

Secretary of the Treasury presided over financial crisis

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Obama to name White as new SEC head

Former prosecutor poised to head financial regulator

Women female Marines take on challenges in Afghanistan (2010) ©Getty 10:20pm

US to allow women in combat units

Move could open up more than 200,000 jobs in army and marines

6:48pm

House passes debt limit extension

Bill delays threat of default until May

4:03pm

Making a big difference with a small grant

FT Seasonal Appeal: Dan McCrum reports on how charities are doing more with less in straitened times

From COMPANIES 7:58pm

Defence cuts cause General Dynamics loss

Results hit as government budgets shrink in US and abroad

From COMMENT 6:57pm

No US peace dividend after Afghanistan

Bad decisions exact a high price, write Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference during her visit to Stormont Castle ©AFP Jan 23, 2013

Clinton warns over north Africa crises

Mali could become ‘safe haven’ for Islamist rebels

Jan 23, 2013

The US defence budget dilemma

Washington faces tough decisions on cuts

Jan 23, 2013

Pentagon faces a rebel yell over pensions

FT series: America’s Debt Dilemma - Geoff Dyer on the Pentagon’s ballooning entitlements bill

From ASIA-PACIFIC Jan 23, 2013

UN expands sanctions on North Korea

China backs moves against companies linked to rocket launch

Jan 23, 2013

Pentagon clears Allen in Petraeus scandal

Investigation focused on email exchanges with socialite

Jan 22, 2013

Obama to back short debt limit extension

Move shifts budget talks battle into the spring

Jan 22, 2013

Top US trade representative to depart

Ron Kirk negotiated major changes in trade policy

Jan 22, 2013

Environmentalists press Obama for action

President’s inauguration speech delights campaigners

Martin Wolf from COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

America’s fiscal policy is not in crisis

The urgent challenge is to promote economic recovery

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Healthcare is America’s real problem

Improved value would have more fiscal impact than any policy change, says Peter Orszag

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Immigration: The road to recognition

There is growing optimism across the spectrum that a broken system will be fixed

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