A former investment banker, Macron has vowed to shake the French economy out of its torpor.
People celebrated in Ghana when opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo became president as he promised to improve education and stamp out corruption.
Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has drawn sharp criticism, with the significant exception of Israel.
Modern-day slave markets in Libya were on the lips of African and European leaders at the opening of the summit in Abidjan
With no other viable coalition in sight, Germany may be forced to hold new elections that risk being as inconclusive as September’s polls.
The Paris treaty calls for capping global warming at "well under" two degrees celsius, and 1.5 °C if possible.
Media outlets ramped up fact-checking teams and political parties pledged not to use campaign bots
The United States has called the UN Security Council to vote on a draft proposal to impose tough sanctions against North Korea.
Sibeth Ndiaye has been recognised as a key component of Macron’s success, and is even considered a role model to young women
German Syrian sues Facebook for not removing his image from fake ‘terrorism’ news stories.
Anti-establishment forces, emboldened by Donald Trump’s US victory, pose a real threat to leftist and centrist candidates in upcoming polls.
German authorities, after temporarily detaining another suspect, said they believed Amri drove the truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market
The doctors of spin are going to have a busy 2017 given the number of polls worldwide, writes Andrew Hammond.
The United States president-elect says the accolade means a lot to him.
David Cameron’s trip comes amid deep political uncertainty in Britain after he failed to convince Britons to vote to remain in the EU.
Greece’s latest bailout cleared one of its last hurdles after the German Parliament voted in favor of an aid package of up to 86-billion euros.
Julian Assange says that the time has come for legal action after leaked documents reveal Washington spied on three French presidents.
Greece faces a week of urgent diplomacy to free up bailout aid and avert a potential default as world leaders press for a resolution to the standoff.
The beleaguered French leader came into office in 2012 as the supposed anti-Merkel. Now she is as strong as ever and he has never looked weaker.
Arseny Yatseniuk says the announcement to invade Ukraine made by Russia’s Vladimir Putin was not a threat, but "the declaration of war to my country".
Resentment is growing over German chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership and fiscal austerity measures.
Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002.
Angela Merkel’s triumph in winning a third term with such an improbably high margin sets her and Germany apart in Europe.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has captured a landslide victory in German elections for guiding Europe’s top economy unharmed through the debt crisis.
Angela Merkel is favoured to remain German chancellor for another four years as voting gets underway in the country.
Germany has rejected a suggestion it might have contributed to the sarin attack in Damascus after it was revealed the country sold chemicals to Syria.
Plans underway by Angela Merkel’s Chancellory could see the power to deal with struggling banks move from national to European level.
Some believe German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to take 18 days’ leave with just over a month to elections could be good for her campaign.
Of the 2 500 movers and shakers who have descended on the picture-postcard Swiss ski resort, for the World Economic Forum, a mere 17% are women.
Germany has said it would supply two transport planes for the mission against rebels in Mali, in a bid to assist the country’s fragile government.
World leaders have been quick to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election, and used the opportunity to punt their interests.
In the sleepy, picturesque towns and villages of southwest Germany, the paragons of thrift are doing what they do best.