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Kyrgyz parliament confirms new PM, government
Kyrgyzstan's parliament unanimously endorsed a new government led by the country's sixth prime minister.
13 April 2016
Ruling party seals expected victory in Kazakhstan vote
Nur Otan, the ruling party of energy-rich Kazakhstan, secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
24 March 2016
Trump: Celebrity billionaire, next US president?
Donald Trump is a billionaire real estate tycoon with bravado to spare, a former reality television star who says winning is everything.
10 February 2016
Tajikistan to hold key referendum in May
Tajikistan is to hold a referendum in May that is expected to let President Emomali Rakhmon stay in office.
10 February 2016
Kazakh President Nazarbayev approves dissolution of Majilis
After consulting with Speakers of both chambers of the Parliament and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved the Majilis.
22 January 2016
Kazakhstan on the verge of dissolving Parliament
Kazakh MPs' proposal to dissolve the Majilis (Lower Chamber) and call for snap elections awaits approval of President Nazarbayev.
20 January 2016
Ranting Trump compares rival Carson to child molester
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has unleashed a verbal assault on his nearest competitor Ben Carson, comparing him to a pedophile.
14 November 2015
Suu Kyi's party wins historic Myanmar polls
Aung San Suu Kyi's party secured a landslide election victory in Myanmar, propelling the pro-democracy movement to power after a 25-year struggle against authoritarian rule.
13 November 2015
Catalan president loses second attempt to secure new term
The outgoing head of the Catalan government, Artur Mas, failed again to garner enough support in the regional parliament to secure a new term following a September vote.
13 November 2015
Republican rivals rip Trump's immigration plan
Donald Trump reiterated his pledge during Tuesday's Republican presidential debate to deport millions of undocumented workers, a plan trashed by rivals including Jeb Bush.
11 November 2015
Croatian parties in tough talks to form government
Croatia's political parties faced tough negotiations to cobble together a government after the conservative opposition won a narrow election victory.
09 November 2015
US concerned by 'far from perfect' Myanmar vote
The United States welcomed Myanmar's landmark election, but warned of "important structural and systemic impediments" to full democratization in the Southeast Asian nation after decades of military rule.
09 November 2015
Trump steps up insults of rivals on campaign trail
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump stepped up attacks on his campaign rivals, insisting none of them have the caliber to become the next president of the United States.
05 November 2015
Croatia votes as migrants flow in, economy languishes
Croatians vote in a general election as the nation faces an ongoing influx of refugees -- a crisis that rival political camps have tried to exploit, while lacking concrete policy pledges to kickstart the sluggish economy.
05 November 2015
Obama says 2016 hopefuls will get serious
Barack Obama says the plethora of candidates vying to succeed him as US president will be forced to exit "silly season" and be "more serious" as the 2016 general election nears.
04 November 2015
Erdogan: Turkey's 'Sultan' wins again
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose from humble beginnings to become Turkey's most powerful politician since Ataturk.
02 November 2015
Bush admits campaign not going well, vows to 'fight on'
Jeb Bush acknowledged that his run for the Republican presidential nomination is going poorly but he pledged to "fight on."
02 November 2015
Trump: Dad's 'small loan' of $1 million got him started
Donald Trump enjoys his reputation as a magnate whose own smarts and business savvy made him a billionaire, but he acknowledged that his father helped him out -- with a "small" million-dollar loan.
27 October 2015
US presidential candidate Carson in call to ban abortion
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson called for a ban on abortion in nearly all cases, and likened those seeking to terminate their pregnancies to slave owners, in comments certain to spark controversy.
26 October 2015
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