The King of Spain, Juan Carlos de Borbon, announced his abdication on Monday and if everything goes according to the Spanish Constitution, his son Felipe will be proclaimed king within the next six weeks.
King Juan Carlos of Spain is abdicating from his position as head of state on Monday
Ukraine's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced Thursday businessman Petro Poroshenko had won the presidential elections in the first round with 54.7 percent of the vote.
An Indian army trooper Thursday committed suicide in Indian- controlled Kashmir, officials said.
Egypt's presidential candidate and leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahy on Thursday admitted his defeat in the elections that concluded Wednesday, losing to his sole rival, ex-military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
After Wang Qian gave birth to her baby girl, her two-year-old son visited her in hospital. Wang passed a present to the boy, telling him, "This is a gift from your little sister."
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko, pledging "full support" for his efforts to resolve the crisis facing the Eastern European nation.
The legendary Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil came away from the star-studded awarded the Cannes Film Festival with the Best Actor Award -- capping off a career that has both amazed and suffered in the relative silence of Australian film.
Colombia's presidential election campaign closed Sunday, a week before voters are scheduled to cast their ballot on May 25. Incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos called on Colombians to vote for him if they want to see the country at peace, after his administration began a peace process with FARC guerrillas in 2012.
President hopefuls in Indonesia's election finally announced on Monday their running mates shortly before the expiration of registration period slated for May 20 with some of them going through weary talks to nominate the vice president candidates.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advanced his signature goal of formally militarizing the nation based on the findings of a hand-picked panel of constitutional and security experts who have green lit Abe's controversial security directive.
One of Indonesian strongest presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday said that he decided to pair with Hatta Rajasa, chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), the sixth rank on the recent legislative polls, to vie for the upcoming presidential race.
A Chinese man who picked up a missing radioactive object off the ground mistakenly thinking it was valuable is being treated in hospital, said local police on Monday.
Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul who secured third position in the race after votes counting announced his support to the leading candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday.
Pakistani Foreign Ministry said Thursday that an employee of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested this week for carrying ammunition does not enjoy diplomatic immunity.
Former military chief and presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi promised Tuesday that Egyptians would see real economic improvement within two years if he won the upcoming election.
An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned former leaders of the country's now-defunct ruling party of deposed president Hosni Mubarak from running in any coming elections, state TV reported.
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