The office of French President-elect Francois Hollande says he plans to travel to Berlin within hours of his inauguration next week to meet with ... 

Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helmeted riot police ... 

The presidential election may be seven months off, but congressional leaders have already begun planning for the winner's inauguration. The first item ... 

Aides to Ali Abdullah Saleh said Monday that the ousted Yemeni president plans to go into exile in Ethiopia, as pressures mounted on him to depart the ... 

Turkmenistan's authoritarian president was sworn in Friday for a second term during a lavish ceremony filled with adulation for the man increasingly ... 

Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her ... 

Etta James, the feisty rhythm and blues singer whose raw, passionate vocals anchored many hits and made the yearning ballad "At Last" an enduring ... 

Retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina was sworn in as president of Guatemala on Saturday, calling on the United States and Mexico to help him fight a wave ... 

A congressman who was reportedly negotiating a switch to the law-and-order party of Guatemala's conservative president-elect was shot to death early ... 

Daniel Ortega was sworn in Tuesday for his third 5-year term as president of Nicaragua, shrugging off opposition complaints his re-election was ... 

Three Cabinet ministers allied to the president have lost their parliament seats, according to partial results from Congo's legislative elections that ... 

Congo's opposition leader held a private ceremony inaugurating himself president Friday after police prevented him and his supporters from gathering ... 

The president of sub-Saharan Africa's largest nation was sworn in Tuesday for another term, pledging to unify the country after an election that was ... 

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez took the oath of office for the second time Saturday, the only female leader in Latin America to ever be ...