Politics
Ukraine crisis deepens after rebel vote in east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs for Tuesday to discuss new ways of dealing ...Burkina army vows unity govt, protesters denounce power grab
Burkina Faso\'s military vowed to install a unity government after tightening its control over the west African nation, firing tear ...Gunfire rings out at Burkina Faso state TV headquarters
Gunfire rang out on Sunday at the headquarters of Burkina Faso\'s state-run RTB Television as the broadcaster went off air, a Reuters ...U.S. asks U.N. to blacklist ex-Yemen president, rebel leaders
The United States has asked for targeted U.N. sanctions to be imposed on Yemen\'s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and ...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 ...