Politics
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leader in war-torn eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists will vote to set up a breakaway regional leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday aiming to take their ...Burkina Faso opposition parties, African Union reject army takeover
Burkina Faso\'s opposition parties, the United States and the African Union rejected the army\'s seizure of power in the West ...Protesters march on Burkina presidency after burning parliament
Thousands of protesters marched on Burkina Faso\'s presidential palace after burning the parliament building and ransacking state television offices on ...Israeli police kill Palestinian suspected of shooting far-right activist
Israeli police on Thursday shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian suspected of having tried hours earlier to kill a far-right Jewish ...Leftist Rousseff narrowly wins re-election in Brazil
Brazil\'s leftist President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won re-election on Sunday after convincing voters that her party\'s strong record of reducing ...Ukraine votes for pro-West parties, peace talks
Pro-Western and nationalist parties swept Ukraine\'s parliamentary election Sunday, exit polls showed, in a boost for President Petro Poroshenko\'s anti-corruption ...Iraqi security forces and Kurds gain ground against Islamic State
Iraqi government forces and Shi\'ite militias seized control of the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad from Islamic State on Saturday ...Divided Brazil votes for next president
After a dramatic, hard-fought race, Brazilians elect their next president Sunday, weighing 12 years of social progress against a yearning for economic ...Egypt declares emergency in northern Sinai
A coordinated assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed 30 Egyptian troops on Friday, making it the deadliest single ...Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town
Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers approved a plan on Wednesday to send fighters to the Syrian town of Kobani to relieve fellow ...