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African Union leader Faki re-elected for second 4-year term

The African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat(Right) has retained his position for a second four-year-term after elections which saw him garnering 51 votes during the 34th AU summit.

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Portugal moves to legalise euthanasia

A woman walks in front of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon on September 22, 2020. /AFP Portugal's parliament voted on Friday to legalise euthanasia, setting the country up to become the sev

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U.S. Senate confirms Antony Blinken as Secretary of State

FILE PHOTO: Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. /Getty Images The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirme

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Janet Yellen sworn in as first female U.S. Treasury Secretary

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury secretary Janet Yellen. /VCG Image Former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday formally became the first woman to serve as U.S. Treasury secretary in the dep

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Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa wins new term

Portuguese incumbent President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was re-elected in Sunday's presidential elections, official preliminary results suggest.With 89.56 percent of votes counted, the center-right Re

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Pelosi to deliver impeachment article against Trump on Monday: Schumer

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. /VCG Image U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump on Monday, Senate Ma

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Yoweri Museveni wins Uganda's presidential election

Uganda's incumbent president Yoweri Museveni won presidential election with 58.64 percent of votes, the country's electoral body said on Saturday.

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State Department reportedly orders diplomats to stop posting on social media after U.S. Capitol riots

The State Department ordered diplomats to stop posting on social media after pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol, reports CNN, citing three diplomatic sources. Diplomats overseas were

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Watch Atlanta react to their state's Senate wins

02:23 Georgia's Ebenezer Baptist Baptist Church is draped in history. It's best known as being where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led services, from 1960 to his assassination in 1968. Bu

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Pence rejects Trump's call to block Biden win confirmation

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. /VCG The United States Vice President Mike Pence has rejected President Donald Trump's demand that he blocks the confirmation of Joe Biden's election as the nex

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U.S. Congress convenes to formally count Electoral College votes

VCG The U.S. Congress convened in a joint session Wednesday afternoon to formally count the Electoral College votes cast in the 2020 presidential election.This is the final step in certifying

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Ossoff claims victory for Democrats in crucial Senate vote in Georgia

Democrat Jon Ossoff on Wednesday claimed victory in the second of two Georgia run-off votes while the U.S. media have not yet called the race."Georgia, thank so much for the confidence you have place

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Polls open for Georgia Senate runoff elections

U.S. state of Georgia polls open on Tuesday for the all-important Senate runoff elections, the races that will decide which party controls the upper chamber.Democrats need to win both seats to split

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Premier League clubs reject 5 substitutes for third time

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford walks at the end of the Champions League group H soccer match between Manchester United and RB Leipzig, at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Wed

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Trump still fighting election results joining Texas lawsuit

01:18 Donald Trump and his Republican supporters have lost multiple challenges to the outcome of the November presidential election with Joe Biden.But the current president has taken t

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Polish deputy PM and ruling party head wins confidence vote

Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Wednesday that had been brought against him by his