Israel elects hawk Rivlin as 10th presidentIsrael's parliament on Tuesday elected Reuven Rivlin, a far-right member of the ruling Likud party, to be the nation's 10th president when Shimon Peres steps down next month.
S.Africa president Zuma discharged from hospitalSouth Africa's President Jacob Zuma left hospital late Sunday, the day after he was admitted for routine tests following a bout of exhaustion, this office said.
Obama to meet Poroshenko ahead of Putin encounterPresident Barack Obama meets president-elect Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, in a show of US support for Ukraine's right to chart its own future, before an encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
04 June 2014
Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to IranKuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled monarchies in the Gulf.
02 June 2014
Leader of Georgia rebel region Abkhazia resignsThe leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, said on Sunday he was resigning following days of political upheaval on Russia's southern flank.
02 June 2014
Bolivia launches world's highest cable railwayBolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated Friday the first segment of the world's highest cable railway line, carrying passengers from city to city at up to 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level.
New governor of Akmola Oblast appointedSergey Kulagin has been appointed the new Akim (Governor) of Akmola Oblast in northern Kazakhstan. He replaced Kosman Aitmukhametov.
New homes for Mexican village after landslideMexico's government presented on Monday 125 new homes to residents of a southwestern mountain village that was buried by a massive landslide that killed 71 people last year.
27 May 2014
Airport in east Ukraine's Donetsk shut after rebel raidThe main airport in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk shut down on Monday after being raided by dozens of armed separatists who vowed to keep up their resistance a day after presidential polls.
26 May 2014
Chocolate king claims victory in Ukraine presidential voteChocolate baron Petro Poroshenko claimed a resounding victory on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election and immediately vowed to end a bloody pro-Russian uprising that thwarted voting across swathes of the separatist east.