Politics
Turkey AKP loses absolute majority in parliament
A senior official from Turkey\'s ruling AK Party said on Sunday initial parliamentary election results suggested the party may be forced to ...Israel launches air strikes in Gaza after rocket attack
Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled territory that hit southern ...Putin says no need for West to fear Russia
Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on Saturday, saying he was still ...Romania PM fights resignation push after corruption probe
Romania\'s Prime Minister Victor Ponta refused to step down after being hit on Friday by corruption allegations, the highest sitting leader targeted ...Thousands rally against domestic violence in Argentina
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Argentina on Wednesday to condemn violence against women after a series of ...Fighting flares up near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine\'s defense minister said an attempt by ...George W. Bush now more popular than Obama, poll finds
Former US President George W. Bush is now more popular than his successor Barack Obama, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday.Latvian parliament elects defence minister Vejonis as president
Latvia\'s parliament on Wednesday elected Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis as the Baltic state\'s new president with 55 of its 100 legislators backing ...Regional powers launch new South Sudan peace effort
A fresh bid to end 17 months of civil war in South Sudan was launched by regional powers on Monday with a ...Greece, creditors agree on need for quick deal as talks continue
Greece and its European creditors agreed on the need to reach a cash-for-reforms deal quickly as Athens missed a self-imposed Sunday deadline ...




