Politics
Suspected communist guerrillas kill Philippine mayor
Gunmen have shot and killed a town mayor and two of his bodyguards during a brazen attack in the northern Philippines early ...Riot police, protesters clash in Venezuela
Hundreds of students and opposition supporters have clashed with police forces in the Venezuelan capital Caracas as they staged a rally demanding ...Syria announces presidential election for June 3
Syria will hold presidential elections that are expected to return President Bashar al-Assad to office on June 3, the country\'s parliamentary speaker ...Gunbattle in eastern Ukraine leaves four dead
Three pro-Russian militants and at least one other person were killed in a gunbattle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk ...80% of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out: monitors
The head of the international team overseeing the destruction of Syria\'s chemical arms says the country has shipped out or destroyed nearly ...No obstacles to normalizing Russian-West relations – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says nothing should impede the normalization of relations between Russia and the West, after ties have hit a ...Algerians vote for new president
Algerian voters went to the polls Thursday in an election marked by questions over the incumbent president\'s health and anger over his ...Putin says hopes will not have to use force in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he has "a right" to send troops into Ukraine but hopes he will "not have to ...Pro-Russian separatists seize Ukrainian armoured vehicles
Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv suffered a serious setback Wednesday in their efforts to restore order in the troubled east of the country ...Pakistani Taliban end truce with government but vow to continue peace talks
The Pakistani Taliban has decided against extending its ceasefire but the dialogue process with the government will continue, a spokesperson of the ...




