Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was reelected in Sunday's general elections, according to preliminary results released by National Electoral Council.
As Egypt is going through essential changes in internal affairs and pivotal mutation in foreign relations, speculations varied about how far the effect of such changes would influence the relations between Egypt and the United States.
Member states of the European Union on Friday agreed on a plan to control fraudulently labeled horsemeat in the food market.
Injuries caused by a fallen meteorite in Russia's Urals region have risen to over 1,000, including over 200 children, the Russian Interior Ministry said on Friday.
The Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Friday postponed the case of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius until February 19.
French meat-processing company Spanghero has been suspected of knowingly selling horsemeat labeled as beef, the coutry's food ministers said Thursday.
A new oil and gas field has been discovered in western Libya, the authorities said Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the proposed transatlantic free trade talks Thursday, pledging to strengthen economic ties with the European Union (EU).
U.S. President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary was blocked Thursday in the Senate, after a vote failed to garner the 60 votes needed to end debate on the matter.
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday night put the focus on getting the nation back to work, but Republicans blasted the president for what they contend is an ongoing policy of spending, tax hikes and bigger government.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his first State of the Union address in his second term to return focus on his "unfinished task" of reigniting the economic growth for middle-class Americans.
U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, following a relatively weak week, amid worries about the debt-ridden euro area and the so-called sequester that would trigger automatic spending cuts for the United States starting from March.
Turmoil-stricken Egypt saw Monday unexpectedly few numbers of protesters who rallied to various areas in Cairo and nationwide to protest against President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group on the second anniversary of the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Los Angeles police Sunday announced a reward of one million U.S. dollars for information leading to the capture of a former officer suspected of killing three people.
At least 18 people died and three remained in grave conditions after a coal mine blast in Russia's northern Komi republic, emergency authorities said Monday.
As the world commemorates the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation on Wednesday, the practice has gone underground in Uganda following the enactment of a stringent law.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt's capital of Cairo on Tuesday, the first visit by an Iranian president to Egypt since 1979.
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