President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage Friday to SXSW -- the tech world's Davos and Woodstock rolled into one -- making a government recruitment pitch even as he fanned a row over encryption.
India's finance minister vowed Thursday to recover more than $1.3 billion from heavily indebted liquor baron Vijay Mallya, as a political row erupted over the flamboyant businessman's surprise departure from the country.
Aung San Suu Kyi was Thursday finally ruled out of the running to become Myanmar's next president, as her party nominated one of her most loyal aides to rule the formerly junta-run nation as her proxy.
Iran's billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, a judicial official said Sunday, after a long trial in which he was accused of fraudulently pocketing $2.8 billion.
Almost 2,000 people in Turkey have been prosecuted for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he came to office in August 2014, a government minister said on Wednesday.
President Francois Hollande was heckled Saturday as France's annual agricultural fair kicked off against the backdrop of the ‘worst crisis ever’ facing the country's farmers.
China confirmed that it has weapons on a disputed island in the South China Sea, state media said Thursday, as US Secretary of State John Kerry slammed Beijing for ‘militarisation’ of the strategically vital region.
India's biggest nationwide student protests in a quarter of a century spread across campuses after the arrest of a student accused of sedition, in the latest battle with Narendra Modi's government over freedom of expression.
The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday appointed women to the newly created posts of state ministers for happiness and tolerance, and a 22-year-old female for youth affairs.
The International Criminal Court Monday apologised for an embarrassing blunder during the trial of former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo which led to the unmasking of several protected witnesses, and ordered a formal inquiry.
Sweden is pushing local governments to create temporary work placements for migrants as the country attempts to integrate a dramatic influx of refugees, an official said Sunday.
President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed doubling US funding over the next five years for clean energy research and development, as part of his ongoing effort to tackle climate change.
