Politics
Russia urges Ukraine to postpone presidential elections
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday it would be "unusual" to hold a presidential election in Ukraine while ...Embattled Thai PM testifies in abuse of power case
Thailand\'s besieged Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday denied an abuse of power allegation at the nation\'s Constitutional Court in ...Heavy fighting in pro-Russian separatist stronghold
Heavy fighting erupted Monday in a pro-Russian separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine, with deaths reported on both sides, as government ...Slovenia Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek resigns
Slovenia’s Prime Minister has announced her resignation and pressed lawmakers to call early parliamentary elections next month.Nigerian president orders renewed efforts to free kidnapped girls
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday ordered a stepped-up drive to free 223 schoolgirls whose abduction by suspected Islamists has ...Pro-Russian detainees freed as police headquarters attacked
Pro-Russian militants stormed a Ukrainian police station in Odessa on Sunday and freed nearly 70 fellow activists as Ukraine’s prime ...Northern Ireland police releases Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody on Sunday and the Sinn Fein leader sought to calm fears that ...Ukraine continues military offensive in east
Ukraine\'s interior minister has said military operations in the east would continue, \'vowing to not stop\'.Panamanians vote in tight presidential election
Panamanians vote for a new president on Sunday in the closest contest in a generation with opponents of President Ricardo ...Barack Obama jokes about Vladimir Putin and ObamaCare
US President Barack Obama poked fun at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Republicans and media elites, and even mocked himself ...