Barack Obama and his vanquished would-be successor Hillary Clinton sought Wednesday to heal the wounds opened by the most acrimonious US election in memory, as they assured President-elect Donald Trump that Americans were "rooting" for his success.
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are expected to rally in South Korea during an upcoming weekend to demand President Park Geun-hye's resignation over scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides.
Rival political parties in South Korea showed different reactions to President Park Geun-hye's national address on Friday, her second since a scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides came into focus last month.
President Park Geun-hye said Friday she will accept an investigation over a sprawling corruption scandal involving her close confidante "if necessary," raising the prospect of her becoming the first sitting South Korean head of state to face a prosecutorial probe.
YES, TONIGHT’S VICE presidential debate sounds about as rousing as a lukewarm cup of Sleepytime tea. Mike Pence and Tim Kaine aren’t known for their colorful personalities, or known that much at all. (One recent poll found that more than 40 percent of Americans can’t even name either vice presidential candidate). And why should anyone care? Vice presidents don’t have that much power anyway, right?
Although Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has recently met in New York with U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many Egyptian citizens don't seem to care as much as their leader does about who the next U.S. president will be.
The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief on Monday encouraged Taiwanese farmers and fishermen to participate in cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation and safeguard the achievements of the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.
Brazil’s Senate voted early Wednesday (Aug 10) to hold an impeachment trial for the nation’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff, a process that could see her permanently removed from office.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was sworn in Thursday as Peru's new president with support from Latin American countries.
The Turkish president on Wednesday stressed solidarity with the United States in dealing with the extradition of Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of plotting the failed military coup.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday said he was asking former President Fidel Ramos to help start talks with China over disputes in the South China Sea.
Philippine congress aims to proclaim the country’s new president and vice president by the end of the month or on June 1, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III said as the canvassing of votes for the top two positions of the land entered its second day yesterday.
The motive behind U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to Japan's A-bombed Hiroshima on Friday may seem noble, but in reality, it is nothing more than yet another opportunity seized by Washington and Tokyo to pursue their own ulterior motives.
Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte met with a senior communist guerrilla leader, the two sides said on Thursday, raising hopes of ending one of Asia’s longest armed insurgencies.
President Barack Obama came into office seven years ago pledging to end the wars of his predecessor George W. Bush. On May 6, with eight months left before he vacates the White House, Mr Obama passed a sombre, little-noticed milestone: He has now been at war longer than Mr Bush, or any other American president.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was determined to accompany U.S. President Barack Obama on his visit to Hiroshima.
The White House announced the visit in a statement Tuesday morning, saying Obama will visit along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a previously scheduled visit to Japan to attend a Group of Seven summit.
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