Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Thursday his resignation from the Constitutional Council after the country's top constitutional body confirmed his excess of spending limits during his 2012 presidential campaign.
Cyprus' parliament rejected a Eurogroup-imposed haircut on bank deposits, plunging the eastern Mediterranean island into economic uncertainty verging on uncontrolled default.
At least three people were shot dead in two western Bangladesh districts Monday as riots erupted last week over the conviction of the country's largest Islamist party leader for war crimes continued to the fifth consecutive day.
At least four people, including a policeman, were killed in political violence triggered by Thursday 's hartal (strike) called by Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami party demanding the release of its leaders who face charges of war crimes.
Grassroots leaders of the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are gathering here for an "epochal" conference to strengthen the organization's basic cells.
The Israeli political framework after Tuesday's elections shows Israelis have forsaken the traditional right/left parties and pinned their hope in smaller- scale center parties, led by the surprise of the elections, Yesh Atid.
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) won by a landslide in Sunday's House of Representatives election as it solo secured 294 seats in the election.
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