Obama: Benghazi attack more than a 'mob' action
US President Barack Obama said Monday that the attack on the US consulate in Libya's Benghazi was clearly more than a "mob action," amid lingering dispute about the nature of the assault.
26 September 2012
World must stand together against extremists: Clinton
In a round of intense diplomacy in the wake of violent anti-US protests, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met a series of Muslim leaders Monday and urged people to work together against extremists.
Pakistan-US gingerly seek to repair ties
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday as the two nations inch towards repairing vital ties severely damaged by a series of crises.
25 September 2012
Sagintayev appointed deputy chairman of Nur Otan
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Sagintayev first deputy chairman of Nur Otan party.
Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore.
25 September 2012
Togo ruling family faces increasingly determined opposition The leader of a stick-wielding mob, a small axe dangling from a rope around his neck, made no secret of why they had come: to stop a protest organised by opposition and civil society groups.
Serik Akhmetov appointed Kazakhstan's Prime-MinisterAll three parliamentary factions of the Majilis (107 deputies) have approved Serik Akhmetov proposed by Nursultan Nazarbayev as a candidate for the position.
24 September 2012
Belarus opposition ridicules 'falsified' polls Belarus on Monday boasted of a massive turnout in parliamentary polls won by supporters of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko but the opposition ridiculed the results as brazenly rigged.
Hopes mount for deal as Sudan, South Sudan leaders meet The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan met late Sunday as international pressure grew to end long-running disputes that have brought the former civil war foes to the brink of renewed conflict.
24 September 2012
Unasur observers prepare for Venezuela election Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his rival Henrique Capriles are satisfied with logistical preparations ahead of the arrival of election monitors from the Union of South American Nations.