Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a ... 

Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President ... 

Government supporters began filling the streets of Venezuela's capital early Friday to celebrate the inauguration of their leader, even as opponents ... 

Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding president, ascended to the country's top office Tuesday during a jubilant celebration that began a new era ... 

Sudan's president, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, will not be traveling to Kenya to watch the swearing-in of the ... 

State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the inaugural mass of newly-elected Pope Francis. Mugabe is the subject ... 

The leaders of Pakistan and Iran are pushing ahead with a pipeline to bring natural gas from Iran despite American opposition, and the Iranian ... 

The new Czech president attacked the country's media on his first day in office Friday, saying some of them "brainwash" and "manipulate public opinion 

The Dutch capital is known for boozy stag nights and pot-smoking tourists. But for what could be the nation's party of the decade — the abdication of ... 

The country with the developed world's biggest gender income gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans ... 

It's been more than 54 years since someone not named "Castro" led Cuba, and it will likely be five more. But now islanders and exiles alike have ... 

Raul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba's president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date ... 

Jordan's king has inaugurated the kingdom's newly elected parliament with a pledge to press ahead with democratization, but added that he will help ... 

The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been ... 

Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with her husband's re-election as president, she has four more years as the first lady, ... 

Joe Biden is thanking Democratic supporters in the afterglow of President Barack Obama's second inauguration, dropping plenty of hints that he may try ... 

President Barack Obama's lofty ideals from his inaugural address ran smack into reality Tuesday on the first working day of his second term. 

President Barack Obama's inauguration Monday brought out a festive crowd of flag-wavers who filled the National Mall to overflowing, hailed his moment ... 

AP journalists fanned out across the capital to cover Inauguration Day as part of a running feed of content and analysis. Here are their reports. 

President Barack Obama referenced the Stonewall gay-rights riots in his inaugural address, classing them as a civil rights watershed along with key ... 

Dignitaries and celebrities participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. The Rev. 

District of Columbia officials have lowered their turnout estimate for Monday's presidential inauguration. The district's homeland security director, ... 

Monday's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities. A quirk in the calendar ... 

Just days before he again takes the oath of office, President Barack Obama is rounding out his Cabinet and White House staff while bracing for major ... 

If you want to get to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, you're probably better off not driving. The hundreds of thousands of people spilling into ...