Britain's former prime minister David Cameron resigned his seat in the House of Commons on Monday, less than three months after losing an EU referendum in which he had campaigned to stay in the bloc.
Malaysia's Registrar of Societies (RoS) has approved in principle the formation of former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin's new party, which will be known as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia or PPBM.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, retained almost half of his ministers in their current positions although controversially appointed Tomomi Inada, the former head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, to take on the defense minister portfolio replacing Gen Nakatani.
Philippine peace adviser Jesus Dureza hailed Tuesday the decision of the Supreme Court to dismiss the plunder case against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Official campaigning began on Thursday for the July 31 gubernatorial election, pitting two former ministers with links to the metropolitan assembly’s ruling party against a veteran journalist backed by a united opposition front.
Ten of the 12 publicly announced candidates to succeed from January 2017 retiring UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were tested on Tuesday in a wide-ranging, first-ever globally-broadcast TV and Internet streaming debate.
An official in Myanmar has been charged with defamation for referring to Aung San Suu Kyi with a slur parroted by the former junta she spent decades campaigning against, police said Tuesday.
Ling Jihua, the one-time top aide to former president Hu Jintao, has been sentenced to life in prison for taking more than 77 million yuan (HK$89 million) in bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of power, mainland state media reported on Monday.
A former Brazilian minister from Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff's Workers' Party (PT) was arrested Thursday in a police operation as part of the investigation into the Petrobras corruption ring, official sources said.
An eclectic mix of leftists, academics and close friends has formed Filipino President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's new Cabinet, which he unveiled yesterday at a news conference.
A former opposition leader has kept a steady lead in a poll for 15 straight weeks over his potential rivals for South Korea’s presidential race next year, a new poll showed Monday.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday kicked off three days of unprecedented interviews of the nine announced candidates seeking to replace Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon when his second five-year term ends on Dec. 31.
Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan and three others had their appeal against bribery conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is leading a U.S. delegation for the fifth meeting of the China-U.S. Track Two High-Level Dialogue in Beijing on Monday.
Thousands of politicians began trooping to election offices across the Philippines yesterday, kicking off a rambunctious seven-month campaign season.
The Brazilian general prosecutor formally lay corruption charges against the speaker of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha, and former President Fernando Collor de Mello.
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