89-year-old Mugabe hits the campaign trail
After 33 years in power, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is back on the campaign trail, where his advancing years are subtly starting to show.
Polish president egged at memorial event in Ukraine: police
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on Sunday was struck by an egg hurled by a young man during a hugely sensitive visit to Ukraine to commemorate a wartime massacre.
Brazil to exhume ex-president Goulart
The remains of Brazilian ex-president Joao Goulart will be exhumed to determine whether he was poisoned in the 1970s by rightwing rulers clamping on dissent.
Kazakhstan’s President on succession of power
There should be a sustainable system put in place that would be stable against the backdrop of a new leader’s arrival: President Nazarbayev.
President Nazarbayev on political repression in Kazakhstan
The West tends to believe that the post-soviet space got stuck in the medieval ages and that we still ride camels, not cars: President Nazarbayev.
Kazakhstan’s President calling UK’s companies to invest outside the extraction sector
Even if companies enter the country’s O&G sector, the condition is to bring technology to some non-extraction sector: President Nazarbayev.
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron
David Cameron is on a state visit to Kazakhstan.
Nursultan Nazarbayev and David Cameron launch an oil treatment facility to handle Kashagan oil
The launch was postponed to coincide with UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s state visit to Kazakhstan.
Brazil leader pushes for reform as FIFA hails Confed Cup
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday raced to build support for reforms in response to nationwide protests as the head of world football hailed the Brazil-hosted Confederations Cup as the "best ever."
Rowhani election creates surge of hope in Iran
The election of moderate Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president has sent a surge of expectation through a nation anxious.
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Kashagan oilfield
Earlier it was reported that China is ready to pay threefold more than the ask price for ConocoPhillips’ stake in the giant Kashagan oilfield in the Caspian offshore.
Mandela on life support, Zuma cancels foreign trip
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African icon's clan said Wednesday, all but extinguishing hopes for his recovery.
Mongolia incumbent poised to win second presidential term
Preliminary results from Mongolia's presidential election suggested that the front-running incumbent is poised to secure a second term.
Mongolians go to polls hoping for mining wealth
Mongolians headed to the polls Wednesday for a presidential election with the three candidates promising fairer wealth distribution from a spectacular mining boom that has raised questions over the role of foreign investors.
Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace, CIA office
Taliban militants targeted the presidential palace and national CIA office in central Kabul on Tuesday morning, with gunfire and explosions erupting at one of the gates of the complex in the Afghan capital.
Raising the retirement age for women will be painless: President Nazarbayev
According to him, “by 2030 there will be one retired person for every 1.5 working people, with the ration reaching 1 to 1 further on”.
Egypt army to intervene if unrest erupts: minister
Egypt's defence minister has warned that the army will intervene if violence breaks out in the country where opponents of President Mohamed Morsi are planning rallies against him this month.
Rousseff says Brazil can do better, slams violence
Embattled president Dilma Rousseff admitted in a televised address that Brazil can do better and pledged to do more to fight corruption.
Rowhani firm on Iran nuclear policy but vows more openness
Iran's newly-elected president Hassan Rowhani ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the concerns of major powers.
Iran elections could be a game-changer: experts
The election of the moderate Hassan Rowhani as Iran's new president is a game-changer which could set a new tone and soothe tensions with the West over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.