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Medina claims victory in Dominican Republic presidential vote

Danilo Medina has claimed victory in the Dominican Republic’s presidential election, after results from more than two thirds (67 percent) of polling

Brazil

Brazil's interim president woos union leaders

Brazil’s interim president views pension reforms Aims to restore political and economic calm Critics – ‘he’s turned the clock back 30 years’

Turkey

Turkish police block opposition congress

Turkish police on Sunday (May 15) prevented dissidents in the nationalist opposition party from holding an extraordinary congress in Ankara. Hundreds

France

Female ex-ministers speak out against sexual harassment in French politics

Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer keep quiet about sexual harassment in politics. The signatories span

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France

'Money Monster' and 'Eshtebak' premiere at Cannes as political films take centre stage

Jodie Foster’s ‘Money Monster’ has premiered at Cannes. Starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts who makes her debut at the festival, it’s one of

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Martin Schulz - in fighting mood

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Brazil's Senate votes to impeach the president

Dilma Rousseff is accused of using accounting tricks to hide large budget deficits

North Korea

North Korea stages mass rally in Pyongyang

North Korea has marked the end of its first ruling party congress in 36-years with a mass rally in Pyongyang. There were extraordinary scenes in

United Kingdom

SNP claims third win in Scotland as Labour suffers in UK elections

Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National party (SNP) has emerged victorious in Scottish Parliament elections – but without enough seats to form a majority

Egypt

Bahrain's king holidays at Sharm el-Sheikh and tips Egypt for tourism

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has done his bit to promote tourism – in Egypt. Breaking off after an official visit to the country, he went

Venezuela

Venezuela opposition collects signatures in bid to oust President Maduro

Venezuela’s opposition says it has delivered 1.85 million signatures to the country’s elections authority in a bid to seek a recall referendum

Japan

Japan's PM embarks on whirlwind European tour ahead of G7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a whirlwind tour of European capitals to lay the ground work for a G7 summit he’s due to host this month. On

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US piles on pressure in trade talks with EU

The US has been putting pressure on the European Union to scrap or change environmental and health legislation in trade talks according to leaked

Iraq

Baghdad protesters leave Green Zone but vow to keep up pressure over corruption

Protesters in Baghdad have left the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone after invading the heavily-fortified district to stage a 24-hour rally against

Germany

Germany: hundreds arrested as anti-immigrant AfD congress starts

German police arrested some 400 protesters trying to block access to a conference being held by an anti-immigrant party on Saturday. Clashes broke

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Simplify MPs expenses to improve transparency, says campaigner

South Africa

South African court paves way for Zuma to face renewed corruption charges

South Africa’s High Court has ordered a review of a decision in 2009 to drop nearly 800 corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, saying the move that

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Two-day week for Venezuela's public workers amid energy crisis

Venezuela’s socialist government has ordered public workers to do a two-day week, in a bid to save energy. President Nicolas Maduro had already

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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Macha sworn in as vice-president

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar is back in the capital Juba and has retaken his position as the country’s first vice president. He has taken

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Spain's king makes final attempt at coalition talks

Spain’s King Felipe is to begin a fresh round of talks with the country’s political parties in a last ditch effort to install a government and avoid