Zimbabwe president says elections set for July 31
Zimbabwe's president officially announced Thursday that elections will go ahead next month despite opposition from the prime minister, setting the ...
Background of Iranian presidential candidates
A look at the six candidates in Iran's presidential election Friday. Two others — parliament member Gholam Ali Haddad Adel and former Vice President ...
Obama tests political might in Boston, Miami
President Barack Obama put his second-term appeal to the test Wednesday in Boston and Florida, seeking to boost Democratic candidates as a fundraiser ...
Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins
Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in ...
Southern Baptists re-elect first black president
The Southern Baptist Convention re-elected its first black president, the Rev. Fred Luter Jr., at its annual meeting Tuesday. Luter was first elected ...
Mandela daughters visit ill father in hospital
Doctors are doing all they can to improve Nelson Mandela's health as the 94-year-old icon spent a fourth day in the hospital for a recurring lung ...
Iranian reformists rally around common candidate
Iran's presidential race lost one more candidate Tuesday but gained a new script: reformist leaders uniting behind relative moderate Hasan Rowhani to ...
Iranian candidate quits to boost reformist chances
An Iranian pro-reform candidate on Tuesday pulled out of this week's presidential election to give support to a centrist whose campaign has gained ...
Hillary Clinton joins Twitter
Twitter, meet (at)HillaryClinton. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Twitter on Monday, describing herself with a dash of humor ...
Iran's reformists find spark in presidential race
He talks about easing the political restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities. He tells crowds that rebuilding ties with Western governments is ...
Italy premier: mayor election wins boost coalition
Italian Premier Enrico Letta savored a sorely-needed boost Monday for his fragile coalition, vowing to press ahead with his efforts to revive the ...
Rome mayor race tests Berlusconi effect on voters
Italian voters were choosing mayors in Rome and other municipalities Sunday in balloting, whose results will be interpreted as a test of ex-Premier ...
Candidate vows to reset Iran's foreign ties
Iran's former top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next week's presidential elections, vowed Saturday he will reset the country's economy and ...
Egypt's president dismisses calls for early vote
Egypt's embattled president on Friday dismissed calls for early presidential elections as clashes erupted in a northern Egyptian city and unidentified ...
Iranian candidates quarrel over nuclear talks
Iran's eight presidential candidates quarreled about talks with world powers over the country's disputed nuclear program Friday as they held their ...
IOC gripped by election frenzy, sports politics
As Jacques Rogge called the executive board meeting to order, signs of change were staring him right in the face. Four of the six candidates vying to ...
In South Africa, toilet talk turns political
It takes mudslinging to another level. This week, protesters tossed human excrement at a convoy carrying the leader of South Africa's main opposition ...
IOC declares 6-man race for presidency
It's officially a six-man race to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee president. The deadline closed Friday without any new ...
Iran leader's election bid: Taming the presidency
At the height of Iran's internal political clashes in late 2011, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became so exasperated that he warned the ...
Obama names outspoken Rice as his security adviser
Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger ...
NJ's Gov. Chris Christie bashed for election move
Seven months after he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with President Barack Obama in what was celebrated by many in storm-battered New Jersey as a selfless ...
Rubio hears out House conservatives on immigration
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sought support from House conservatives Wednesday for far-reaching immigration legislation, but many lawmakers emerged from ...
Iran presidential candidates debate freedoms
The eight candidates running in Iran's June 14 election for president took radically different stands on personal freedoms, women's rights and ...
Uganda's long-time ruler changes tune on longevity
Uganda's president came to power in 1986 as an idealistic former Marxist rebel who denounced power-hungry African leaders. Nearly three decades later, ...
Signature campaign on Egypt's streets tests Morsi
Thousands of volunteers are hitting the pavement around Egypt, on streets, in metro stations, even in hospitals, passing out black-and-white forms to ...
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