Colombians are voting in a runoff election between incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos and his conservative rival Oscar Ivan Zuluaga. The campaign has been dominated...
Voters in Afghanistan are deciding who will succeed President Hamid Karzai after run-off polls. The choice was between former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World...
According to Republican officials, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor intends to resign his leadership post by the end of July after losing Virginia primary...
David Brat is the tea party's new star after defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the biggest primary upset in recent memory. David Brat,...
The Spanish parliament has backed the abdication of King Juan Carlos and accession of his son Crown Prince Felipe by a large majority. The succession...
Eric Cantor has lost a Virginia Republican Party primary election to David Brat, a challenger from the hard-right Tea Party movement. Little-known economics professor David...
Hillary Clinton is seeking to refine remarks she made about her and former President Bill Clinton being broke when they left the White House...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has restated her support for Jean-Claude Juncker to take over as president of the European Commission, at a mini-summit in...
President Bashar al-Assad has won a third term in office after securing 88.7% of votes in Syria's presidential election, the parliamentary speaker has announced. Earlier,...
Venice Mayor Giorgio Orsoni is among 35 people arrested in Italy over alleged corruption in connection with new flood barriers built to protect the...
Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been declared the winner of last week's presidential election in Egypt. The former army chief said he wanted "freedom" and "social...
Seattle council has voted unanimously to raise the city's minimum wage to the highest level of any major US city - $15 per hour,...
Spain’s cabinet will discuss today the next steps in the process of King Juan Carlos's abdication and the accession of his son, Crown Prince...
Syrians are voting in the country’s presidential elections amid heightened security. The poll takes place three years into a civil war in which tens of...
US shares closed at record levels, helped by strong data on the manufacturing sector. The Dow Jones rose 26 points to close at 16,743, its...
Former El Salvador’s left-wing rebel leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren has been sworn in as the country’s president. Salvador Sanchez Ceren, 69, of the FMLN party,...
The leader of Malawi’s Democratic Progressive Party, Peter Mutharika, has been sworn in as the country's president after the High Court rejected a request...
Thailand's military coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha has said elections will not be held for more than a year, to allow time for political...
The US economy contracted in 2014 Q1 to an annualized rate of 1%, official estimates have shown. It is the worst economic performance since 2011...
Egypt’s former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won an overwhelming victory in the country's presidential election, according to partial results. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi gained...
Thai coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha has received royal endorsement at a ceremony in the capital, Bangkok, after taking power in a coup last...
Egypt is voting in new presidential election, for the second time in two years. A huge security operation has been mounted for the polls to...
France’s National Front has come first in the country's elections to the European Parliament according to exit polls in what PM Manuel Valls has...
Petro Poroshenko has claimed outright victory in Ukraine's presidential election. Billionaire Petro Poroshenko, known as the "chocolate king", won more than 55% of the vote...
General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's last Communist leader, has died aged at the age of 90 after a long illness, Polish media say. Wojciech Jaruzelski led...