Explainer: Iran's Process For Vetting Presidential Candidates

South Koreas presidential office apologised today for an "very shameful" scandal involving a former senior official who was fired midway through President Park Geun-Hyes US visit.

US officials today slammed a campaign of "unrelenting repression" ahead of Irans presidential elections, and said the outcome would be very hard to predict amid a secret vetting process.

Iran's presidential race got underway Tuesday as authorities officially opened the registration process for candidates in next month's election that will pick a successor to President Mahmoud

Two weeks before the official opening of the new complex in Dallas last month, Robert A.M. Stern sat down with ARCHITECT to discuss what it means to design a building that speaks to the legacy, not just of one man, but of the highest office in the ...

The race for Irans highest elected office was revitalised today when former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili officially registered for the June 14 election.

A former top South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her visit to the United States denied Saturday media reports that he sexually molested a ...

As Prime Minister Enrico Letta and his 21 ministers took the oath of office in the presidential palace, an unemployed man about a kilometre away opened fire on policemen guarding the headquarters, wounding two and sparking fear among tourists

Officials in Venezuela say the presidential election has been won by Nicolas Maduro. Mr Maduro, who was chosen by the late Hugo Chavez as his successor, won 50.7% of the vote against 49.1% for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. The electoral commission ...

Colorado Party millionaire and political neophyte Horacio Cartes won Paraguay's presidential race, officials have said, paving the way for his nation to rejoin the Mercosur trade bloc.