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UK's Brexit treaty override powers approved by parliament's lower house

Britain’s House of Commons approved legislation on Tuesday that gives ministers the power to break its divorce deal with the European Union, despite the threat of legal

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Are Florida's seniors breaking up with Trump?

05:18 Florida is the single largest swing state in the 2020 presidential election. With 29 electoral votes, the next president of the United States will likely be won or lost in the Su

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Antetokounmpo named NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives up court during the NBA basketball first round playoff game against the Orlando Magic in Florida, August 24, 2020. /VCG Milwaukee Bucks

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Antetokounmpo named NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives up court during the NBA basketball first round playoff game against the Orlando Magic in Florida, August 24, 2020. /VCG Milwaukee Bucks

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U.S. seeks to invoke snapback against Iran as its proposal fails in UN Security Council

An Iranian flag is pictured at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Jan. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien threatened to invoke snapbac

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Mexico's Lopez Obrador says two former presidents should testify about graft

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said two former presidents should have to testify about corruption after a former head of state oil firm Pet

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Israel's PM calls to avoid new elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Monday to do "every effort" to avoid a new round of elections amidst a looming coalition crisis. "We should make every

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President Alexander Lukashenko wins sixth term

Alexander Lukashenko won the presidentil election with 79.7 percent of the votes. /AFP Alexander Lukashenko has been declared the winner of the 2020 Belarus presidential election with 79.7 per

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GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private

The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican

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Trump doubles down against mail-in voting, calls for immediate 2020 election results

President Donald Trump, whose suggestion to delay the 2020 U.S. election was roundly rejected earlier on Thursday, said the results of the vote should be known on elect

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World Athletics president Coe calls for community of sports

Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics and newly elected member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), called for "community of sports" in a statement on Friday. The 63-year-old was

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Protests as Bulgaria's prime minister and president face-off

Protesters have gathered in central Sofia. AFP/Nikolay Doychinov Bulgaria is facing a political crisis after the country's president called on the government to step down and the chief prosecu

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Croatia's opposition party leader resigns after parliamentary elections defeat

ZAGREB, July 6 (Xinhua) -- President of Croatia's Social Democratic Party (SDP) Davor Bernardic resigned on Monday after the defeat in the parliamentary elections, and the SDP will be led by its vice

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Micheal Martin elected new PM of Ireland

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been elected as new prime minister of Ireland in a vote held here on Saturday at a special meeting of the lower house of the Irish parliament. Announcing the vot

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Mongolia confirms ruling party's landslide election win

Mongolia's electoral commission on Friday confirmed the ruling Mongolian People's Party won a landslide victory after voters braved the coronavirus pandemic and flocked

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Abe Offers Apology Over Arrest of Ex-Justice Minister Suspected of Vote Buying

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday offered an apology over the arrest of the country's lawmaker and the former minister of justice, Kawai Katsuyuki and his

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Former Japanese justice minister, wife arrested over alleged election law violation

Former Japanese justice minister Kawai Katsuyuki and his lawmaker wife Anri Kawai have both been arrested by prosecutors over an alleged violation of the election law,