Politics
Maldives president back in control as court reverses ruling
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen appeared Wednesday to have gained the upper hand in a bitter power struggle after a diminished Supreme Court ...Merkel clinches German coalition govt deal, hurdle remains
Chancellor Angela Merkel finally reached a deal Wednesday to form a new German coalition government, handing the powerful finance ministry to the ...Russian police detain opposition leader Navalny at protest
Russian police wrestled opposition leader Alexei Navalny into a patrol wagon moments after he appeared at a rally on Sunday to urge ...Egypt to hold presidential election March 26-28
Egypt will hold a presidential election on March 26-28, with the incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi widely expected to seek a second term ...Iran president goes all-in on reform push after unrest
President Hassan Rouhani went all-in on Monday with a push for greater civil liberties in the wake of the deadly unrest that ...Venezuela says Brazilian, Canadian diplomats not welcome
Venezuela on Saturday said two diplomats from Canada and Brazil were no longer welcome, in an escalating showdown over their criticism of ...Hariri returns to Lebanon for first time since resigning as PM
Saad al-Hariri landed in Beirut on Tuesday, his media office said, returning home for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon\'s ...Zimbabwe crisis: Mugabe under house arrest as military takes control
Zimbabwe\'s military was in control of the country on Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe said he was under house arrest, although generals ...Lebanese PM Hariri resigns, attacking Iran and Hezbollah
Lebanon\'s prime minister Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday, saying he believed there was an assassination plot against him and accusing Iran and ...Spanish PM dissolves Catalan parliament and calls fresh elections
The Madrid government sacked Catalonia\'s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation, in ...