The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been facing a political crisis over the timetable for presidential polls scheduled for next year.
The president of Columbia University suggested on Monday U.S. President Barack Obama would return to his alma mater after leaving office in 2017, said a newspaper of the University.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed that she will not step down from the government, before a scheduled nationwide protest against her government on Sunday.
Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello on Wednesday denied allegations accusing him of accepting millions in bribes in a case of investigation into an extensive corruption scheme at the country's oil giant Petrobras.
ZURICH, July 19 (Xinhua) -- FIFA's executive committee is to meet at the soccer world governing body's headquarters on Monday to set the president election date.
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush broke a bone in his neck Wednesday when he fell at his summer home in the state of Maine, his spokesman Jim McGrath said.
FIFA official were arrested for alleged corruption in the recent turmoil rocking the soccer world. Could this be a lesson for China to learn during its soccer reform?
Mohamed Morsi, affiliated to banned Muslim Brotherhood group, is the first Egyptian president who faces the execution verdict, after a criminal court sentenced him to death on Saturday.
France and Ukraine pledged to reinforce the bilateral relations in various of fields, French president Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Wednesday in a joint declaration in Paris.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is now facing a major test as parliament urged him to immediately install Budi Gunawan as the national police chief.
The Philippine government rejected calls for resignation of President Benigro Aquino III over the firefight in Maguindanao last month that resulted in the death of over 60 persons including 44 police commandos, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto Tuesday appointed Virgilio Andrade Martinez as the new minister of Public Administration charged with investigating cases of corruption in his government.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has received supports from senior figures who advised him to address people's interests rather than accommodating demands of political parties supporting his government.
Italian parliament gathered in joint session of both Houses on Thursday for the first round of voting to elect the new president, after 89-year-old Giorgio Napolitano resigned on January 14th.
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday paid a "surprise" visit to the restive Borno State in northeastern region of the country, where the insurgency of Boko Haram has recently increased.
The resignation of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano throws up a new obstacle in the path for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who must now temporarily put aside his reform-minded agenda in order to concentrate on the delicate task of finding Napolitano's successor, said experts.
What until some weeks ago was just a media rumor, the resignation of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano between the end of 2014 and beginning of 2015, has become a certainty and the country is wondering, still with no answer, who the next head of State will be.
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