Politics
CAR elects new president as EU promises more peacekeeping troops
The Central African Republic has appointed the mayor of Bangui to be interim president, as the European Union agreed to send 500 ...Iran suspends 20% uranium enrichment as historic deal implemented
Iran has started halting uranium enrichment to 20 percent and has begun down-blending uranium enriched to higher levels, the state-run Fars news ...UN chief invites Iran to Geneva 2, Syria opposition threatens to withdraw
The UN chief has invited Iran, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\'s main regional allies, to participate in the first phase of ...98% back new Egypt constitution
A proposed new Egyptian constitution has been backed by 98.1% of people who voted in a referendum, officials say.Thousands protest in Ukraine, defying court ban
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have massed in central Kyiv in defiance of Ukraine\'s new legislation that significantly limits their right to ...Syrian opposition agrees to attend international peace talks
Syria\'s main opposition group has agreed to attend internationally sponsored peace talks due to begin in Switzerland next week.Syrian regime submits plan for truce, prisoner swap
Syria\'s foreign minister has said he has handed Russia plans for a ceasefire in Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists with ...Thai anti-government protesters wounded in explosion
Thai police say at least 28 people have been wounded by an explosion that went off in Bangkok during a march of ...US urges Syria rebels to attend peace talks, slams government
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Syria\'s opposition to join next week\'s peace talks.Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
A U.N.-backed tribunal has opened the trial against four men accused in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.