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TURKEY'S PARLIAMENT SET TO APPROVE SWEEPING NEW POWERS FOR PRESIDENT
MPs pass elements of controversial bill that grants broad powers to country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES GREATER POWERS FOR PRESIDENT
The Turkish parliament has begun debating proposed constitutional amendments that would hand president Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping executive powers... READ MORE›
GHANA: NANA AKUFO-ADDO CAUGHT UP IN PLAGIARISM ROW
Office of new president apologises for lifting passages from speeches by ex-US leaders during his inaugural address... READ MORE›
GHANA'S PRESIDENT PLAGIARIZED CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH WORD FOR WORD IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH
And Saturday, Ghanaians gathered in Independence Square in the capital, Accra, to witness another the inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the country's fifth elected president... READ MORE›
'GROW UP DONALD, TIME TO BE AN ADULT, YOU'RE PRESIDENT'
Joe Biden tells Donald Trump 'Grow up Donald, time to be an adult, you're president'... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S INDONESIAN BUSINESS PARTNER CONSIDERS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Donald Trump's Indonesian business partner, a billionaire developer and media mogul, has announced he might run for president in Indonesia's 2019 elections... READ MORE›
ANGER IN ROMANIA AS PRESIDENT BLOCKS FEMALE MUSLIM AS PM NOMINEE
Romania was tipped to have its first female and first Muslim prime minister, until the country's president on Tuesday rejected the Social Democrat Party's nomination... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREANS TO MARCH AGAINST EMBATTLED PRESIDENT ON CHRISTMAS EVE
They have now handed over their investigation to special prosecutor Park Young-soo, whose team on Saturday was planning to summon the president's arrested friend, Choi Soon-sil... READ MORE›
CHRISTMAS MARKET RE-OPENS AS MANHUNT CONTINUES WITH HOPES FOR AN ARREST 'SOON'
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named top aid Kellyanne Conway as the counselor to the president, an on-and-off senior position in the White House... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN COURT HOLDS HEARING ON IMPEACHED PRESIDENT
Both were arrested earlier for allegedly helping Choi extort from companies and passing her confidential government information... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN COURT TO BEGIN CONSIDERING PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE'S IMPEACHMENT
Since South Korea democratized in 1987, the National Assembly has voted to impeach only one president -- Roh Moo-hyun in 2004... READ MORE›
RECORD NUMBER OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTERS DEFECT AS DONALD TRUMP IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED AS 45TH PRESIDENT
With all states voting, Mr Trump finished with 304 votes and Clinton had 227... READ MORE›
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO DELAYS WITHDRAWING 100 BOLIVAR NOTE AMID PROTESTS
But the plan went off the rails when Mr Maduro ordered the 100-bolivar note removed from circulation before the new bills arrived... READ MORE›
SHERIFF INSISTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS 'FAKE' AFTER FIVE-YEAR 'INVESTIGATION'
According to Mr Arpaio and Mr Zullo, sections of a woman's birth certificate in Hawaii were copied and pasted onto the president's... READ MORE›
'YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE LATIN AMERICA.'
Peruvian president to Trump 'You are lucky to have Latin America.'... READ MORE›
DID A PUPPY BRING DOWN SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENT?
Rumours about Mr Ko, 40, have saturated local media, which even labelled him Ms Choi's toy boy ... READ MORE›
FORMER US ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE CONFUSES COMPLIANCE WITH JOURNALISM -- RT OP-EDGE
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she will calmly accept the impeachment if it is passed in the scheduled parliamentary vote three days later... READ MORE›
UZBEKISTAN ELECTION: ACTING PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO WIN EASILY
Uzbekistan is holding its first presidential election since the death of Islam Karimov, the man who ruled the Central Asian country with an iron fist for 27..... READ MORE›
ADAMA BARROW: FROM ARGOS SECURITY GUARD TO PRESIDENT OF THE GAMBIA
He is proud of an experience that included working as a security guard in an Argos store in Holloway Road, north London... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA OPPOSITION FILES IMPEACHMENT MOTION AGAINST PRESIDENT
The Saenuri Party has called on Park to stand down voluntarily in April, allowing a presidential election to be held in June... READ MORE›
DAUGHTER OF INDONESIA'S FOUNDING PRESIDENT ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED ANTI-GOVERNMENT PLOT,A AMID MASS PROTESTS
The governor, an ally of President Joko Jokowi A Widodo, is being prosecuted for blasphemy, a criminal offence in predominantly Muslim Indonesia... READ MORE›
RIFT DEEPENS AMONG S. KOREAN POLITICIANS OVER WAYS TO REMOVE PRESIDENT[1]
Rift deepens among S. Korean politicians over ways to remove president 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP WILL BE PRESIDENT THANKS TO 80,000 PEOPLE IN THREE STATES
Those three wins gave him 46 electoral votes if Clinton had done one point better in each state, she'd have won the electoral vote, too... READ MORE›
RIFT DEEPENS AMONG S KOREAN POLITICIANS OVER WAYS TO REMOVE PRESIDENT
Rift deepens among S Korean politicians over ways to remove president 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
AS THE SOUTH KOREAN ASSEMBLY PREPARES TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT, PARALYSIS LOOMS
As the South Korean assembly prepares to impeach the president, paralysis looms... READ MORE›
I'LL QUIT TPP ON DAY ONE AS PRESIDENT
I'll quit TPP on day one as president Donald Trump... READ MORE›
CONSTANTINE STEPHANOPOULOS, FORMER GREEK PRESIDENT, DIES AT 90
Constantine Stephanopoulos, a veteran conservative politician who served two terms as president of Greece from 1995 to 2005, died Nov. 20 at a hospital in Athens... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT 'CONSPIRED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITH HER SECRET ADVISER'A
Hundreds of thousands gather in south korea to protest president park geun-hye... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREANS GATHER EN MASSE FOR PROTEST AGAINST PRESIDENT
SEOUL -- South Koreans massed in the streets of central Seoul Saturday, preparing for the largest protest yet against scandal-plagued President Park Geun-hye... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH DEMANDING SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE RESIGN
The scandal engulfing Park is focused on a close personal friend, Choi Soon-Sil, who is currently under arrest on charges of fraud and abuse of power... READ MORE›
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SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE: I'M NOT IN A CULT
Park has fired eight presidential aides and nominated three new top Cabinet officials, including the prime minister, in an effort to regain public confidence... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S PRESIDENT MOVES INTO WORLD'S BIGGEST PALACE COSTING ?384 MILLION
Mr Erdogan served as prime minister for 11 years before ascending to the presidency... READ MORE›
I WANT TO BE LIKE QUEEN OF UK
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan I want to be like Queen of UK... READ MORE›
YEMEN'S EX-LEADER DENOUNCES REBELS
Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa in September, before capturing the presidential palace and placing Mr Hadi under house arrest... READ MORE›
AMERICAN MEN DROP TO THEIR KNEES, LITERALLY BEG JUSTIN TRUDEAU TO RUN FOR U.S. PRESIDENT
Prime minister Justin Trudeau's trip to the U.S. may have left too good an impression on the American public... READ MORE›
CZECH PRESIDENT SHOCKS NATIONS IN EXPLETIVE-FILLED INTERVIEW
In its defence, Czech Radio has argued as the interview was live it could not be held responsible for the president's language... READ MORE›
DILMA ROUSSEFF SUSPENDED AS SENATE VOTES TO IMPEACH BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT
Brazil's first female president stripped of duties in country's first impeachment in 24 years... READ MORE›
TURKEY 'INSULT' TEENAGER RELEASED
Mr Erdogan, who was elected president in August after serving as prime minister for 11 years, has faced several corruption allegations in recent years... READ MORE›
ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT MAY FACE CHARGES OVER ALLEGED TERRORIST ATTACK COVER-UP
Nisman's nearly 300-page complaint against the president is based on two years of secret service wiretaps... READ MORE›
MALAWI: PETER MUTHARIKA RETURNS HOME AFTER US TRIP
But the rumours of the president's ill health continued with his return to Malawi's administrative capital Lilongwe on Sunday... READ MORE›
MILLENNIALS' AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON -- Millennials have a message for the next president... READ MORE›
'READY TO FACE INVESTIGATION'
According to a recent Gallup opinion poll, Park's presidency's approval rating is the lowest on record for any South Korean president, at just 5 percent... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP'S ANTI-MUSLIM POLICY 'DISQUALIFIES HIM FROM SERVING AS PRESIDENT'
Do they have the courage of their convictions and say they are going to side with the Constitution over Mr. Trump?... READ MORE›
S. KOREAN PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES SENIOR ADVISORS ON CONFIDANTE SCANDAL
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday reshuffled her secretariat amid growing public outcry over a scandal surrounding her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil... READ MORE›
THE FIRST TIME AMERICA HAD A FEMALE PRESIDENT WAS A DISASTER
According to author William Hazelgrove, one of the president's doctors told the first lady, Edith Wilson, that the president must be allowed to recover undisturbed... READ MORE›
DILMA ROUSSEFF STARES DOWN THE SPECTRE OF IMPEACHMENT
But the president is also losing support among traditional Workers party supporters... READ MORE›
GUATEMALA PRESIDENT APPEARS IN COURT AS CONGRESS ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
Government institutions were ordered to remove all official presidential photographs - even before congress had accepted Perez Molina's resignation... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES OVER SPEECH SCANDAL
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye publicly apologized Tuesday after local media reported that a number of her key speeches informally edited by her former assistant... READ MORE›
J CREW VICE PRESIDENT 'FIRED FOR MOCKING STAFF ONLINE' HOURS AFTER THEY WERE MADE REDUNDANT
A senior executive at the US fashion brand J Crew has reportedly been fired after mocking staff redundancies in social media posts... READ MORE›
LORD OF THE RINGS 'EXPERTS' TO ASSESS CHARACTER OF GOLLUM FOR TURKISH JUDGE
While a Former Miss Turkey also faced the prospect of prison for 'insulting' the president... READ MORE›
ARGENTINE PRESIDENT IN HOSPITAL WITH FEVER
3 COMMENTEMAILMORE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina AP Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has checked into a Buenos Aires hospital for treatment of an infectious fever, health officials said Sunday... READ MORE›
WHY THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE WHITE, MALE AND REPUBLICAN
Suddenly, sweeping executive power fine with many under President Obama is being portrayed as a possible threat to the republic... READ MORE›
WILL POLAND EVER UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED ITS PRESIDENT?
At the same time, Law and Justice is hostile to Brussels, where the European Council president is Donald Tusk - prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014... READ MORE›
MALDIVES VICE-PRESIDENT CHARGED OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT
Ahmed Adeeb is charged with high treason in connection with last montha??s blast on boat carrying President Abdulla Yameen... READ MORE›
HILLARY CLINTON IS THE PRESIDENT WE NEED
These are vital qualities for a successful American president... READ MORE›
NEWLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT SHEDS LIGHT ON HOW PRESIDENT APPROVES DRONE STRIKES
The guidelines provide rules for targeting overseas terrorist suspects with drones or other weapons outside war zones... READ MORE›
JIMMY MORALES, COMIC AND SELF-STYLED OUTSIDER, WINS GUATEMALA PRESIDENCY
We recognise Jimmy Morales' triumph and we wish him success, Torres said... READ MORE›
GUATEMALAN CONGRESS CLEARS WAY FOR ARREST OF PRESIDENT IN CORRUPTION CASE
More than 80 percent of the legislators voted to remove the president's shield from prosecution easily clearing the two-thirds majority needed and the rest abstained... READ MORE›
AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI ARRIVES IN ISLAMABAD TO BUILD PAKISTAN TIES
Despite repeated visits to Pakistan by the former president, there was little improvement in relations during Karzai's 13 years in power... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT OFFERS TO WITHDRAW HER PRIME MINISTER NOMINEE TO QUELL SCANDAL
It was the lowest recorded approval rating since South Korea democratized in 1987... READ MORE›
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SYRIAN REBEL GROUPS SAY THEY WILL ATTEND ASTANA PEACE TALKS
In 2013, the Syrian military used chemical weapons in an attack against rebel-controlled areas of Damascus, killing nearly 1,500 civilians, including more than 400 children... READ MORE›
JOHN MCCAIN: RUSSIA ELECTION HACKING THREATENS TO 'DESTROY DEMOCRACY'
Russia's involvement in hacking US systems during presidential election campaigns threatens to destroy democracy in its current form, according to former Republican candidate John McCain... READ MORE›
OBAMA ORDERS REVIEW OF 2016 ELECTION CYBER ATTACKS
The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process ..... READ MORE›
MCCAIN SLAMS TRUMP-PLANNED RESET OF TIES WITH 'TYRANNY' RUSSIA
President-elect Donald Trump and Putin spoke by telephone Monday to discuss future efforts to improve U.S.-Russian ties... READ MORE›
SYRIA CRISIS: US WEIGHS TOUGHER RESPONSE TO RUSSIA
It was the stiffest U.S. warning to the Russians since the Sept. 19 collapse of a truce they jointly brokered... READ MORE›
AS SYRIA CEASE-FIRE FAILS, OBAMA MAY LEAVE SUCCESSOR 'PROBLEM FROM HELL'
Obama has limited the U.S. role to supporting groups fighting Islamic State in northeastern Syria... READ MORE›
EU OFFICIALS 'BELIEVE BRITAIN WILL GIVE UP ON BREXIT IF THEY MAKE NEGOTIATIONS TOUGH ENOUGH'
He said Britain must not underestimate the determination of the rest of Europe to deprive the UK of its EU financial passporting rights and euro clearing... READ MORE›
G-20 OFFERS PUTIN ONE MORE STAB AT OBAMA ON SYRIA, UKRAINE
The Group of 20 summit starting in China on Sunday gives Russian President Vladimir Putin one more chance to try to strong-arm U.S. President Barack Obama... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA ASKS REPUBLICAN LEADERS: WHY ARE YOU STILL ENDORSING DONALD TRUMP?
That was not the case for Mr Trump, a businessman from New York, Mr Obama said... READ MORE›
OBAMA TRIES TO LIMIT FALLOUT FROM BRITISH EU EXIT VOTE
We would have preferred a different outcome, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, traveling in Ireland, said on Friday... READ MORE›
MCCAIN: OBAMA 'DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE' FOR ORLANDO SHOOTING
So the responsibility for it lies with President Barack Obama and his failed policies, McCain said... READ MORE›
OBAMA LAUNCHES MISSION TO CURE CANCER 'ONCE AND FOR ALL'
As Biden smiled from his seat behind the president, Obama said he would put the vice president in charge of mission control for the effort... READ MORE›