Politics
U.S. sticks to demand Assad leave power at first peace talks to include Iran
Washington stuck to its demand on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power, ahead of peace talks which will include Assad\'s ...China decides to drop 1-child policy, allow 2 children
China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of a strict one-child policy, the ...Pressure mounts on Brazilian Congress to impeach president
Opposition activists handcuffed themselves to a pillar in Brazil\'s Congress on Wednesday seeking the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for mismanaging a ...Colombia President Santos offers truce with FARC
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos offered Wednesday to declare a bilateral ceasefire with the FARC guerrillas from January 1, which would mark ...Ouattara wins second term as Ivory Coast president
Alassane Ouattara has won a second term as Ivory Coast president in the nation\'s first peaceful vote in more than a decade, ...Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide
Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian who has never held office, swept to power in Guatemala\'s presidential election on Sunday after milking ...Two policemen, seven Islamic State militants killed in Turkey
Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State militants were killed in a firefight after police raided more than a dozen houses in ...Ivory Coast votes in first post-war presidential poll
Ivory Coast\'s President Alassane Ouattara was heavily favored to win a second term in a vote on Sunday seen as crucial to ...Congo votes for presidential referendum
Voting started slowly in a referendum in Congo Republic to determine whether 71-year-old Sassou Nguesso can legally stand for a third consecutive ...Tanzania votes in tight election race
Tanzanians voted in presidential and general elections Sunday, in what is expected to be the tightest race in the history of east ...




