South Korean President Park Geun-hye is suspected of having conspiring with her longtime confidante and former aides, who were indicted on Sunday for multiple charges, prosecutors said in an interim announcement of investigation results.
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.
Three West African leaders visited Burkina Faso on Wednesday to help the country return to civilian rule after the military took power following the resignation of President Blaise Compaore.
Top Thai ruler Gen. Prayuth Chan- ocha, who has been unanimously chosen Thursday as Thailand's 29th prime minister by the interim legislature, will likely stay in power for only a year during which time the reforms in government that the military has initiated would have taken effect.
Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA), or the post-coup interim legislature, on Thursday selected junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha as the interim prime minister, the 29th PM of the country.
A majority of Thais have agreed to an interim charter provision that allows the military junta to remain to coexist with a forthcoming interim government, an opinion poll released Sunday showed.
Egypt will hold the presidential elections before the parliamentary polls, interim President Adli Mansour said in a televised speech on Sunday.
The National Alliance for Supporting Legitimacy, a coalition supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi, has called for Friday protests they have dubbed "Students inflame revolutions."
The United States Senate has decided not to impose new sanctions on Iran, following Obama administration's efforts to defend a landmark interim nuclear deal.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said Wednesday that deposed President Mohamed Morsi is in a safe place and well treated, but not allowed out for his own safety, official news agency MENA reported.
Although the interim government that will be created in Pakistan in a week's time will focus on the holding of a free, fair and transparent elections, security will be its biggest challenge as the country still faces the ruthless Taliban militants who routinely target politicians in their terror campaign.
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