Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders called on Sunday for the rapid release of results from Zimbabwe’s election after a two-week delay that has raised fears of…

Pakistan’s new prime minister triggered an immediate showdown with Pervez Musharraf on Monday, ordering the release of judges detained by the president just moments after being…

The nationalist Swiss People’s Party received the highest vote recorded to date for an individual political party in Switzerland, after a bitter campaign blaming foreigners for…

Poland’s liberal opposition party on Sunday night scored a stunning election victory over the populist nationalist Prime Minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and his twin-brother…

Thirty-five Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested on Saturday after police fired tear gas at hundreds of worshippers in a northern Nile Delta village shortly before prayers…

Japan’s ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party’s…

President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation on Wednesday of his prime minister and government, paving the way for the Russian leader to hand-pick a successor when he steps…