Politics
US slams Syria for failing to meet chemical weapons commitments
The United States has called on Syria to take immediate action to comply with a UN resolution to remove its chemical weapons ...Protests against government continue in Ukraine
Ukrainian anti-government protesters are vowing to continue demonstrating despite passage of a law offering amnesty to those arrested during the protests over ...Thai protesters march for election boycott
Thai opposition protesters are marching through Bangkok as part of a concerted, three-day effort to put pressure on the government ahead of ...Ukraine parliament passes measure offering protest amnesty deal
Ukraine\'s parliament has approved a measure offering amnesty to protesters arrested during anti-government demonstrations, but only if they abandon the buildings they ...President Obama delivers his fifth State of the Union address
Text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, as delivered and provided by the White House:Nicaragua scraps presidential limits in boost for Ortega
Nicaragua\'s national assembly on Tuesday voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow socialist President Daniel Ortega to remain in power ...Egypt ex-President Morsi defiant at jailbreak trial
Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi protested at his new trial in Cairo from a glass and metal cage, as he faces charges ...Ukraine President repeals anti-protest laws
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to scrap the anti-protest laws that have sparked some of the violent anti-government protests in Kyiv ...Ukraine protesters seize justice ministry as anger spreads east
Anti-government protesters have seized the Ukrainian justice ministry in Kyiv, after rejecting President Viktor Yanukovych\'s offer to name an opposition leader as ...Tunisian assembly approves new landmark constitution
Tunisia\'s national assembly has approved a new constitutio,n three years after the uprising that launched the Arab Spring.




