Japan's Nakao elected new ADB president
Takehiko Nakao, a former Japan vice minister for finance, has been elected president of Asian Development Bank.
Hermes golf bag, statues among Obama gift list
A luxury golf bag, a statue of Abraham Lincoln and an Australian rules football jersey formed part of a treasure trove given to US President Barack Obama in 2011.
Capriles vows to take vote challenge to Venezuela court
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles vowed Thursday to take his challenge of this month's presidential vote to court and repeated his demand for a do-over of the contested election.
Bush 'comfortable' with decision to invade Iraq
Former US president George W. Bush says he remains "comfortable" with the decision to invade Iraq, even as a new spate of bloody violence hit the country and rocked politics in Baghdad.
Peru's first lady to be investigated for spending
Fist Lady Nadine Heredia, a popular Peruvian figure tipped as a likely presidential candidate, will be investigated for spending at the request of opposition lawmakers.
Bush: 'painting changed my life'
Former US president George W. Bush says his new painting hobby has changed his life.
Kazakhstan will exit any alliance that might impair the country’s independence and sovereignty: Nazarbayev
According to him, the Eurasian Union is exclusively about economic integration.
President Nazarbayev on the role of Kazakh language
Today the main factor that “cements together” the nation is Kazakh language: President Nazarbayev.
Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev urging Kazakhstanis not to invest into tax havens
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. If you have managed to earn, invest the money inside Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev.
Cartes wins Paraguay presidential vote
Millionaire businessman Horacio Cartes of the opposition Colorado Party, a political neophyte with alleged drug ties, won Paraguay's presidential race.
Venezuela's Maduro to Peru summit before swearing-in
Election officials moved to defuse a political crisis on the eve of President-elect Nicolas Maduro's inauguration Friday, yielding to demands for an audit of the results in Sunday's bitterly contested elections.
Italy to elect new president amid government deadlock
Italian lawmakers meet on Thursday to begin voting on a new president in a key step that could end a two-month impasse between political parties that has blocked the formation of a new government.
Obama to host South Korean president on May 7
US President Barack Obama will hold his first White House talks with South Korean counterpart Park Geun-Hye on May 7.
Thousands protest against Venezuela's president-elect
Thousands of opposition supporters crammed the streets of Caracas on Monday, banging pots, burning trash bags and chanting "fraud" to protest the confirmation of late leader Hugo Chavez's political heir as president-elect.
Chavez heir Maduro wins Venezuela's presidency
Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of the election to succeed his late mentor Hugo Chavez by a razor-thin margin over an opponent that voiced fears of vote manipulation.
Woman questions ex-president's paternity test in Paraguay
A woman who claims that former president Fernando Lugo fathered her son charged Friday that the laboratory being used in the paternity case belongs to one of his political allies.
Berlusconi says could support leftist president
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi said he could consider supporting a candidate for president from his rivals on the left but only on condition that they form a grand coalition government with him.
Kazakhstan’s President prohibits use of the National Oil Fund’s assets to finance banks
Second-tier banks have a lot of other opportunities and tools to raise money and other reserves to turn to: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
From the ashes of 9/11, a portrait of Kennedy emerges
Rarely seen photos of John F. Kennedy, once feared to have been lost forever when the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11.
Russia’s President believes Kazakhstan-based Baikonur is obsolete
We are aligning projects so that Baikonur could be also used. Surely, we will be exploiting it in partnership with space experts and agencies of Kazakhstan: Vladimir Putin.