News about politics
Nigeria to hold presidential vote on February 14, 2015
Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.
25 January 2014
Three years before the vote, Clinton machine gears up
With the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.
25 January 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tony Blair discuss Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and ex-Prime-Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair have had a meeting in Swiss Davos.
24 January 2014
Thailand awaits crunch court ruling on election
Thailand's embattled government faces a key court ruling Friday on whether it can go ahead with a fiercely disputed election despite threats by opposition protesters to block the vote.
24 January 2014
Nazarbayev takes part in Davos World Economic Forum
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is taking part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
23 January 2014
No hint of compromise as Syria peace talks enter day two
Syria's peace conference moved into a second day Thursday with the warring sides showing no willingness to compromise as global powers seek to engineer head-to-head talks on ending the bloodshed.
23 January 2014
Kazakhstan 50 years behind West: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan lags 50 years behind the West and needs skilled personnel to enter the Top 30 most developed countries: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
22 January 2014
Toronto 'crack mayor' caught out on new video
A new video surfaced Tuesday showing Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor -- who pledged to stay off alcohol after admissions of crack smoking and binge drinking -- in an apparent drunken stupor.
22 January 2014
Assad's future a 'red line' for peace talks: Syria FM
The future role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a "red line" for the government delegation in peace talks, the foreign minister said Tuesday on the eve of their opening.
22 January 2014
Obama, Putin discuss Sochi Olympics security: White House
Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed security at the Sochi Winter Olympics Tuesday, amid rising fears in Washington for the safety of US athletes following terror threats against the Games.
22 January 2014
Embattled Turkey PM faces tough visit to EU
Turkey's embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought Monday to downplay the risk of a crisis with the European Union as he headed to Brussels facing a row over controversial judical reforms.
22 January 2014
Kazakhstan Secretary of State Marat Tazhin relieved of duties
Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a decree releasing Marat Tazhin from his position of the Kazakhstan Secretary of State.
21 January 2014
Guinea president decrees new government
Guinea's President Alpha Conde late Monday issued a decree forming a new government keeping in place his prime minister and over half the cabinet members, but excluding any opposition figures.
21 January 2014
Czech billionaire sets aside business for power politics
The Czech Republic's second richest man whose fledgling party came in second in parliamentary elections, Andrej Babis, said Monday he is setting aside his business portfolio to take up a political one, as finance minister.
21 January 2014
Iran nuclear deal comes into force as US sanctions loom
Iran is due Monday to unplug key nuclear equipment for six months in return for a slight easing of crippling Western sanctions, as an interim deal between Tehran and world powers takes effect.
20 January 2014
Syrian opposition meets to decide on peace talks
The divided Syrian opposition will meet Friday in Istanbul to decide whether to join next week's landmark peace talks, as its Arab and Western allies ratchet up the pressure for it to attend.
18 January 2014
Japan PM to attend Sochi Olympics: reports
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, reports said Friday, despite calls for a boycott over Russia's anti-gay laws.
17 January 2014
Economic Freedom Index: Kazakhstan advances 22 points in 17 years
Kazakhstan's economic freedom ranking has been steadily advancing over the past 17 years.
17 January 2014
Obama to unveil NSA reforms, response to Snowden
President Barack Obama presents Americans on Friday with long-awaited reforms of spy agency phone and Internet data collection sweeps, prompted by the damaging torrent of leaks unleashed by Edward Snowden.
17 January 2014
Aslan Mussin no longer chairman of Accounts Commission of Kazakhstan
The chairman of the Accounts Commission for Control over Implementation of the State Budget has been replaced.
16 January 2014