Two of Turkey’s biggest opposition parties have decided to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the new parliament in a protest against colleagues who were jailed after winning seats in the recent elections.
While rumors and speculation mount over the health of Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez, his brother has made some ominous comments regarding the use of arms to retain power in the country.
Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda will not run in elections next month.
Should Gaddafi leave Libya, he could now stand trail at the UN's International Criminal Court.
Speculation about the health and whereabouts of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is running wild two weeks after he underwent surgery in Cuba.
The future of same-sex marriage in New York after lawmakers' decision to legalize it on Friday is still in flux as proponents aim to influence media coverage and opponents say that Republicans who voted for the bill in New York will feel the consequences of their actions in the 2012 elections.
The Kremlin has denied the application of a new political party.
A close ally of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly been arrested on corruption charges, widening the ongoing rift between the president and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A no caps policy on political ads sees unprecedented rise in broadcast revenues.
Following the decision by US President Barack Obama to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, his counterpart in France has decided to take a similar undertaking.
Singapore, like much of Southeast Asia, has very draconian laws, particularly with respect to drug trafficking – for which, a conviction often leads to the death penalty.
Only days after Ron Paul famously said his candidacy is a response to endless, undeclared, unwinnable wars dumped on the young people, White House sources frantically confirmed that President Obama will shortly announce his plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan in a phased manner by the end of 2011.
Jon Huntsman declared his candidacy for 2012 presidential nomination from the Republican party.
Officials from Turkey and Israel are meeting secretly to restore the relations between the two nations, according to a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran, has gained a majority of seats in Lebanon’s new cabinet. The move has led to much concern both in the West and Israel about what this development could mean.
A new set of rules proposed by the National Labor Relations Board today would speed up elections in which employees choose whether to unionize, pleasing labor groups and prompting criticism from business interests.
Opponents of gay marriage are furious at the attempt of Democrat New York politicians in 2011 to push through a bill that would legalize gay marriage in the state.
As the international community prepares to deploy aid for Egypt and Tunisia's ailing economies, it faces the daunting question of how to do so without perpetuating the endemic corruption and government monopolization that helped to spark the Arab Spring.
New York is one vote away from a big change in its political landscape--becoming the largest state that legalizes same-sex marriage.
Moammar Gaddafi's son says that his father is ready to hold general election in three months time if rebels stop their struggle.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a law stripping most unions of collective bargaining rights was passed legally and can go into effect, reversing a lower court's decision.
Berlusconi's conservative party suffered a major defeat in recent vote.
