Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff went into crisis management mode over the weekend as a poor economy and corruption scandal weaken her government's grip on power, local media said Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday discussed closer Russia-U.S. cooperation on the Ukraine crisis, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the Shiite Houthi fighters in Yemen for about three weeks, and experts believe that the military offensive would head nowhere if political solutions are left untried.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's fresh desire to re-ignite negotiations with Syria's Assad reflects a possible shift in the international approach toward solving the conflict in Syria, analysts said.
As the Syria crisis enters its fifth year with no tangible political solution in sight, Syrian politicians blame foreign intervention for the protracted conflict.
The head of the UN refugee agency said Thursday that the Syrian crisis has become "the worst humanitarian crisis of our times," threatening regional and global peace and security and "risking an explosion that could engulf the entire Middle East."
Marathon talks in Minsk have finally rekindled hope for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as four participating parties are involved in intense diplomacy to end the nearly one-year-old Ukraine crisis.
The ongoing 51th Munich Security Conference has thrown a spotlight on the fact that the United States and its European allies are at odds over whether to send arms to Ukraine.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that Washington will further support Ukraine and called for Russian actions to find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis.
With her scathing criticism of the U.S. proposal of providing Ukraine with arms still ringing in the ears, German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Washington on Monday in a trip that is likely to be tinged with embarrassment and bitterness.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Kazakhstan to continue its efforts toward a resolution of the unending Ukrainian crisis, as the Central Asian country will probably host a summit on the unrest in Ukraine's east.
French President Francois Hollande on Monday believed that economic sanctions imposed on Russia over tensions of Ukrainian crisis should be lifted if Moscow would made progress in restoring stability in the region.
Global business confidence down to five-year low: survey
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could reach 5,000 to 10,000 cases per week by the first week of December.
Ukrainian authorities should start talks on the state system in southeastern regions of the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.
Greece's conservative-led two partite coalition government leaders proceeded with a sweeping cabinet reshuffle on Monday aimed to breathe new life into the two-year alliance and efforts to exit an acute four-year debt crisis which brought the country at the brink of default.
Chinese higher learning institutions will face a continuous student shortage, according to a report by Chinese education portal www.eol.cn on Wednesday.
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