Politics
French far-right fails to win a single region in elections
France\'s far-right National Front (FN) failed to win a single region in elections Sunday despite record results, as voters flocked to traditional ...Saudi holds first ever election open to women
Covered from head-to-toe and driven by male guardians, Saudi women voted Saturday for the first time, in a tentative step towards easing ...Fighting breaks out in Ukrainian parliament
Fighting broke out among members of Ukraine\'s ruling coalition in parliament on Friday after a member of President Petro Poroshenko\'s bloc physically ...Syrian opposition agree joint group for peace talks
Opponents of Syria\'s President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Thursday to bring together political and armed factions in a single body in preparation ...Outgoing Argentine president blasts incoming leaders in final speech
Tens of thousands of supporters jammed Argentina\'s most famous square Wednesday night to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez, who lauded her ...Venezuelan president asks cabinet to resign after opposition win
President Nicolas Maduro has shifted into damage control mode, asking his cabinet to resign in oil-rich but troubled Venezuela after the opposition ...Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims entering U.S
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in the most dramatic response ...French Socialists retreat further to ward off far-right
France\'s Socialist Party on Monday said it would pull its candidates out of a third regional poll, that of eastern France, adding ...Latvian PM Laimdota Straujuma resigns
Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation on Monday, saying there was a need for "new ideas and contributions".Two suspects identified in California mass shooting
At least 14 people were killed in a gun attack on a holiday party in California, triggering a massive manhunt that ended ...




