Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday met with his visiting Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff here to discuss measures to promote bilateral relations, in particular economic cooperation.
Protesters against bus fare hikes clashed with police on Monday evening, turning the downtown area of this Brazilian city into chaos.
An Israeli government panel voted Sunday to increase the punishments for individuals suspected of aiding militant organizations operating here and abroad or convicted of carrying out terror attacks.
A Turkish high-ranking official from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Saturday denied that the government is planning to hold early elections.
The governments of Mexico and China are currently drawing up several joint agreements on tourism following the recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Mexico, official sources said Sunday.
Turkish police on Sunday used tear gas to disperse demonstrators in Ankara as nationwide protests against the pro-Islamic government led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved on.
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that permits tests on students to see if they have consumed drugs or psychotropic substances, the Kremlin website said Saturday.
Five people, including the gunman, were killed Friday in a shooting spree in Santa Monica, California, police said at a press conference.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina on Thursday announced their divorce.
China's trade investigation of wine imports from Europe is not retaliation against European Union's (EU) decision to impose punitive tariffs on China's solar panels, a spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU said Thursday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that his government will not give up the Istanbul Gezi Park redevelopment project, which had sparked weeklong nationwide protests.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in California Thursday for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, which, analysts said, would help promote the long-term, sound and steady development of China-U.S. relations.
The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced its strong condemnation of "the intense fighting" in the separation area between Israel and Syria, including the attack leading to injuries of two UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights.
The Department of Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on Abd al-Hamid al-Masli, an alleged key bomb maker for al-Qaeda.
As Turkish unions went on strike on Wednesday, thousands of workers gathered in Kizilay Square of Ankara to protest over the police crackdown on the Gezi Park unrest.
French President Francois Hollande called on his European partners to hold a meeting in sought of a common front on trade talks with China following its anti-dumping probe on European wine imports, a government official said Wednesday.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of an expert panel established to monitor and enforce sanctions against Iran over its failure to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) regarding its controversial nuclear program.
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