Blair to blame for Zimbabwe woes: Mugabe Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday said former British prime minister Tony Blair was to blame for his country's problems on the eve of a crucial general election.
31 July 2013
Pakistan lawmakers to elect new president Pakistani lawmakers are set to elect a new head of state Tuesday, marking an end to the five-year term of outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari whose party lost May's general elections.
Malians go to polls in watershed election Mali voted on Sunday for a new president in a bid to usher in peace and stability in the first election since a military coup helped plunge the country into chaos.
Iran's Khamenei says US can not be trusted Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Sunday that Washington was "not trustworthy", after former US officials and lawmakers urged diplomacy with the Islamic republic's incoming president Hassan Rowhani.
22 July 2013
Mugabe blasts 'insane' US for vote criticism President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rebuked the "insane" US for criticising his push for elections without key reforms and told it to keep its "pink nose" out of Zimbabwe's affairs.
19 July 2013
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.
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.
12 July 2013
Kazakhstan’s President on succession of powerThere should be a sustainable system put in place that would be stable against the backdrop of a new leader’s arrival: President Nazarbayev.
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."