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Scott Morrison selected Australia's new prime minister following Malcolm Turnbull ousting
Treasurer Scott Morrison was on Friday picked as Australia's new prime minister after a Liberal party coup in a stunning upset against key challenger Peter Dutton.Morrison, an ally of deposed leader …
US President predicts market collapse if impeached
President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Thursday that the US economy would collapse if he were impeached."I will tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I th…
Uganda's musician-turned-MP Bobi Wine charged with treason
Uganda on Thursday filed treason charges against pop star-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi shortly after prosecutors dropped accusations of illegal weapons possession against him, in a case that has promp…
Imran Khan confirmed as Pakistan prime minister
Former cricket star Imran Khan has been elected prime minister of Pakistan in a vote at the country's National Assembly.His PTI party won the most seats in July's elections - setting up Mr Khan to be…
Ugandan singer-turned-politician alleges driver was killed by Police trying to shoot at him
Ugandan musician and opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, was arrested on Tuesday after an incident in which security officers shot his driver dead, a police spokesman sa…
Chilean minister quits four days after appointment
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday accepted the resignation of his Minister of Culture Mauricio Rojas, who spent just four days on the job.Rojas's resignation came after revelations that he…
Spain's new conservative leader in degree scandal
Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP), freshly ousted from power over a series of corruption cases, has been hit by another scandal as new leader Pablo Casado stands accused of getting a Masters de…
Zimbabwe's incumbent declared winner of first post-Mugabe era election
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been announced as winner of Zimbabwe's July 30 presidential elections. The 75 year-old leader polled 50.8 per cent of votes as against 44.3 per cent polled by his clo…
Wrestling legend Kane elected mayor in Knox County, Tennessee
WWE legend Kane - real name Glenn Jacobs - has been elected mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.Jacobs, the Republican nominee, took 66 per cent of the vote to defeat his Democrat rival Linda Haney and t…
US Senator arrested for biting woman
A Democratic Senator Jeff Woodburn has been arrested for domestic violence charges after he allegedly bit a woman on multiple occasions and forced his way into her locked home.The New Hampshire lawma…
Zimbabwe warns of crackdown after opposition vote protests
Zimbabwe's government vowed on Wednesday to crack down on opposition dissent after three people were killed when protests against alleged electoral fraud were met by live ammunition, denting hopes of…
ZANU-PF wins most seats in Zimbabwe parliament
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party won the most seats in parliament, official results showed Wednesday, as the count continued in the presidential race and the opposition MDC cried foul, alleging widesp…
Pakistan's Imran Khan wins vote but no majority
Cricket hero Imran Khan has swept to an emphatic victory in a disputed Pakistan election, but without a majority he will need to enter a coalition to take power in the nuclear-armed country.A jubilan…
Former cricketer Imran Khan claims victory in Pakistan election despite rigging claims
Former cricketer Imran Khan has claimed victory in Pakistan's election, amid accusations of vote rigging by rivals.In a television address, he said: "We were successful and we were given a mandate."H…
Uproar as Pakistan election results delayed and Khan tipped for power
Pakistan was gripped by electoral chaos on Thursday with the results from its pivotal general election delayed and major parties denouncing "blatant rigging", as former cricket champion Imran Khan ap…
Suicide attack on Pakistan polling station kills 30
At least 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide attack on a polling station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said, as millions voted in a nationwide election Wed…
House in rowdy session as 37 members dump APC
Thirty seven members of the House of Representatives formerly in the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has dumped the party and moved to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and African Demo…
Nigeria's ruling party becomes minority in Senate as 15 senators defects to the opposition
Fifteen senator of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) have announced their defection to the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP).In a letter read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, …
Former South Korean president gets additional eight years prison sentence
Disgraced former South Korean president Park Geun-hye was convicted of charges including illegally receiving funds from the country's spy agency on Friday and given eight more years in prison, on top…