Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Thursday insisted he was not a “dictator”, days before an election in which he is aiming to extend his family’s decades-long domination over the West African nation.
The incumbent looks set to claim a fourth term in power, as the country of 8 million goes...
Following his historic indictment on criminal charges, Donald Trump was preparing Friday to go where no former US president has gone before — a prosecutor’s office to be booked, fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken.
Trump’s pending arrest, expected on Tuesday, throws a political grenade into the 2024 presidential race,...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ensured Taiwan of Washington’s support Wednesday and met with activists before wrapping up her whirlwind visit to the island republic and heading on to South Korea.
“Today, our delegation … came to Taiwan to make unequivocally clear: we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan,...
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Thursday asked international funding bodies for support in drawing up an emergency rescue plan for his protest-wracked country.
Donors including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday rebuffed a plea for financial aid pending the rapid formation of a new government to implement...
The Finnish parliament is due to elect Social Democratic deputy leader Sanna Marin as new prime minister at the helm of a coalition of five parties all led by women.
Marin is set to become Finland’s third female prime minister and the country’s youngest head of government at age 34....
Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as leader of Britain’s Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal-hit government.
“It is clearly the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party,...
Xi Jinping was on Friday unanimously re-elected Chinese President.
Xi Jinping was also elected Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China on the platform of the ruling Communist Party of China.
The re-election was an outcome of the ongoing session of the 14th National People’s Congress.
The event marked the third...
French unions were, on Tuesday, gearing up for a show of force as strikes against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans went into a sixth day running.
The hardline unions have called for the second day of mass protests as Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to outline the government’s...
President Joe Biden is visiting Saudi Arabia as part of his Middle East tour.
The Friday trip is designed to reset the United States relationship with the world’s top oil exporter and regional powerhouse that has been strengthening ties with Russia and China, Reuters reports.
According to the White House, the...
