Ten of the 12 publicly announced candidates to succeed from January 2017 retiring UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were tested on Tuesday in a wide-ranging, first-ever globally-broadcast TV and Internet streaming debate.
Britain's energy minister Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the race on Monday to be leader of the ruling Conservative Party and the next prime minister.
An eclectic mix of leftists, academics and close friends has formed Filipino President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's new Cabinet, which he unveiled yesterday at a news conference.
The anti-corruption minister in Brazil's interim government has resigned, after a recording suggested he tried to derail an investigation into the state oil company, Petrobras.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen met with former China's Macao chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, on Monday to discuss ways to broaden ties and cooperation.
Nepal's Madhes-based parties, who have been agitating nearly for a year demanding better representation in the parliament and the administrative divisions envisaged in the new constitution, boycotted an all-party meeting called by Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend a parliament session today (today) to answer the questions of the opposition on the PanamaLeaks.
The Nepalese government recalled its ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhyay after the ambassador was found playing a role in the exercise to change the current K.P Sharma Oli-led government, a government minister told reporters here on Saturday.
Nepal's former foreign minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey has been recommended as the country's ambassador to China on Tuesday.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday kicked off three days of unprecedented interviews of the nine announced candidates seeking to replace Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon when his second five-year term ends on Dec. 31.
Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson approved Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as Prime Minister on Thursday after the government's previous leader was forced to resign, the Prime Minister's office said in a statement published on its website.
Iceland's ruling center-right coalition on Wednesday decided to appoint Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as new prime minister after its previous leader was forced to resign.
Thousands of Icelanders gathered in front of the parliament on Monday evening to express their anger against the government following the release of the so-called "Panama Papers", which suggest Icelandic prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and other two cabinet members have ties to offshore companies.
Mukhriz Mahathir, a Malaysian politician and son of the influential former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, resigned as a state chief on Wednesday after losing support of the ruling party.
Former Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara is going to succeed Akira Amari who resigned as economic minister on Thursday over graft scandal, according to local media report.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday congratulated the appointment of Northern Ireland's first female leader.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said Thursday that he had discussed "common challenges" with Pakistani side during his one-day visit to Pakistan.
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