Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets Iran’s acting Vice President Es-haq Jahangiri
Among other things President Nazarbayev came to Iran to attend President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration.
Rowhani set to become Iran's 7th president
Mid-ranking cleric Hassan Rowhani meets Iran's supreme leader on Saturday to be endorsed as the country's seventh president a day after making controversial comments about the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel.
Mugabe party surges towards victory amid calls for calm
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe looked poised to win a seventh term in office after romping to victory in parliamentary polls dismissed as fraudulent by the opposition, as the head of the UN led calls for calm.
Kirchner party under fire over pope poster before vote
The ruling party of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is under fire over a poster that appeared just ahead of legislative elections, showing her and a candidate smiling alongside Pope Francis.
Merkel's coalition headed for election victory: poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their coalition partners are set to win enough votes to again govern Europe's top economy after elections in seven weeks' time.
US fumes as Russia grants Snowden asylum
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Thursday stepped out of the Moscow airport where he was marooned for over five weeks.
Protests will flare again, says Turkey's 'Standing Man'
Protests in Turkey may have died down but they are by no means over, predicts the country's "Standing Man", who pioneered a novel form of resistance to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic-rooted government.
Kazakhstan Minister Kairbekova denies being blackmailed by U.S. Ambassador
Kazakhstan Healthcare Minister Salidat Kairbekova waived away being blackmailed by former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland
US senators condemn political violence in Venezuela
Seven US senators from both parties introduced a bill condemning violence against the opposition in Venezuela, calling for dialogue after a contested election.