Police broke up an anti-government march by launching tear gas and beating protesters who were demanding Mauritania's deposed president be reinstated.
Mao Zedong's jet is up for sale. A shopping mall where the late Chinese leader's official plane is on display in the southern boomtown of Zhuhai needs to make room for parking, an executive of the mall's owner said Friday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he is recalling his own ambassador from Washington and expelling the U.S. ambassador from Venezuela.
Despite talk of a coup plot, domestic politics may have driven Venezuela's decision to expel the U.S. ambassador. But neither country can afford to break their oil ties
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, took an oath of office as the nuclear-armed Islamic country's new president Tuesday.
Three top judges whose ousting by former President Pervez Musharraf sparked months of unrest and political fighting in Pakistan were reinstated on Friday.
Nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup, Pakistan's President has decided to call it a day
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is negotiating through "back-channel contacts" to reach a compromise that would let him avoid impeachment, according to an official with the pro-Musharraf political party, PML-Q.
As Pakistan celebrated 61 years of independence, embattled President Pervez Musharraf called Thursday for political reconciliation, and gave no indication of the growing possibility of his impeachment or that he might step down.
The third of Pakistan's four provincial assemblies passed a resolution Wednesday calling for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to step down or face impeachment.
Police broke up an anti-government march by launching tear gas and beating protesters who were demanding Mauritania's deposed president be reinstated.
Mao Zedong's jet is up for sale. A shopping mall where the late Chinese leader's official plane is on display in the southern boomtown of Zhuhai needs to make room for parking, an executive of the mall's owner said Friday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he is recalling his own ambassador from Washington and expelling the U.S. ambassador from Venezuela.
Despite talk of a coup plot, domestic politics may have driven Venezuela's decision to expel the U.S. ambassador. But neither country can afford to break their oil ties
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, took an oath of office as the nuclear-armed Islamic country's new president Tuesday.
Three top judges whose ousting by former President Pervez Musharraf sparked months of unrest and political fighting in Pakistan were reinstated on Friday.
Nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup, Pakistan's President has decided to call it a day
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is negotiating through "back-channel contacts" to reach a compromise that would let him avoid impeachment, according to an official with the pro-Musharraf political party, PML-Q.
As Pakistan celebrated 61 years of independence, embattled President Pervez Musharraf called Thursday for political reconciliation, and gave no indication of the growing possibility of his impeachment or that he might step down.
The third of Pakistan's four provincial assemblies passed a resolution Wednesday calling for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to step down or face impeachment.
The head of Pakistan's ruling coalition announced Thursday that the government will move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.
The leader of Mauritania's military coup left open the possibility he could run for president
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in China, despite an earlier report that he scrapped the trip amid a brewing political standoff in his home country.
Prosecutors on Monday indicted 86 secular Turks -- including high-ranking ex-military officials -- on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in coup plots
Just five months into his tenure as Thailand's Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej is now fighting for his political life
The corruption trial of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra began Tuesday, almost two years after he was deposed in a military coup.
British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea.
British mercenary Simon Mann faced a possible verdict Friday in his trial on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea -- a plot which Mann has testified was financed and planned by others.
The trial of British mercenary Simon Mann continued Thursday, a day after Mann implicated former friend Mark Thatcher in the alleged plot to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea.
A British mercenary accused of plotting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea went on trial Tuesday in the country's capital, Malabo.
Samak Sundaravej talks to TIME about democracy, the military, relations with Burma and, of course, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra
TIME's Bangkok bureau chief Hannah Beech talks with Thailand's new Prime Minister
Thailand's new Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is the first to be democratically elected since the nation's bloodless coup in 2006. A veteran politician and former governor of Bangkok, Samak is accused of being a nominee of friend and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. As he prepares to take office, he joins Talk Asia's Dan Rivers to discuss his allegiance to his ousted predecessor, corruption, and his alleged role in the Thammasat massacre of 1976.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said that his government will instruct troops to shoot anyone trying to disrupt next month's parliamentary elections, according to the state-run news agency.
An opposition leader from the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia who was accused of plotting a coup last year has been found dead at his home south of London, police said Wednesday.
Samak Sundaravej is handily elected Thailand's Prime Minister, but with a mandate that's far from secure -- and an exiled Thaksin Shinawatra waiting in the wings
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Thursday the United States is "ready, able and willing" to send troops to Pakistan to help its military battle al Qaeda -- if the Pakistani government is interested.
The party that vowed to bring back Thaksin Shinawatra has won the first election since the 2006 coup that ousted him
With exit polls suggesting the People's Power Party could win an outright majority in Thailand's lower house of parliament, PPP leader Samak Sundaravej was optimistic after voting ended Sunday in the first election since last year's military takeover.
Polls opened Sunday in Thailand's first national election after a military coup, with loyalists of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expected to capture the most votes, The Associated Press reported.
Samak Sundaravej is running for Prime Minister with one campaign promise: to bring back his ousted predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra
One day after demonstrators thronged the Venezuelan capital's main thoroughfare to express their opposition to Sunday's referendum on changes to the constitution, supporters of President Hugo Chavez plan to hold their own demonstrations on Friday.
Dramatically played out on live television, an opposition politician and rebel military officers surrendered to government forces after taking over a luxury hotel in Manila.
Several military officers defied a deadline to surrender after storming out of their coup trial Thursday, taking over an upscale hotel and demanding that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign.
As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was confirmed for a third term Saturday, the prime minister he overthrew in 1999 announced his plans to return home Sunday.
An ex-general who helped President Hugo Chavez through an abortive coup against his leadership in 2002 publically broke with the president Monday over proposed constitutional changes.
The failed "liberation" of Iraq may have ramifications beyond the country's borders: It may be just the pretext Turkey's military needs to stage a coup
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Monday his interim government agrees the next general election should be held on December 23. If carried out, it will be the first vote since last year's coup toppled the government.
A healthy majority of Thai voters approved an army-drafted constitution on Sunday designed to prevent a repeat of the powerful single party government of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, an exit poll showed.
Thais voted on Sunday in a referendum on a military-drafted constitution analysts say is aimed at preventing a repeat of the Thaksin Shinawatra era, a single party government led by a charismatic politician.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday denounced Hamas leaders as "traitors," blaming them for planning their "bloody coup" in Gaza while participating in a unity government.
Protesters march for democracy and raise fears about how the junta will react
Protesters take to the streets after the Venezuelan leader denies a broacast license to an opposition TV network
At least three students are injured after Chavez takes a television station off the air
Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended a judicial inquiry into misconduct charges against Iftikhar Chaudhry, the country's top judge.
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed on Tuesday that he has approached Manchester City about a possible takeover bid for the English Premier League club.
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, the Kremlin said on Monday.
A Pakistani Superior Court judge resigned Monday to protest President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry earlier this month, according to court sources and the judge's staff.
The Pakistani government Thursday banned a leading prime-time television program because of negative coverage of President Pervez Musharraf's fight with Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, senior government sources told CNN.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is living up to his promise to radicalize his Bolivarian Revolution after his re-election.
Thai authorities Sunday canceled major New Year's celebrations in Bangkok and Thailand's second largest city, Chiang Mai, after a string of explosions in the capital killed two people.
In death as in life, the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died on Sunday at the age of 91, continues to hold a grip on his country's consciousness.
Anti-American socialist Hugo Chavez said his claimed victory in the Venezuelan presidential election was "another defeat for the devil" after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
Fringed by palms, lapped by warm water and surrounded by pristine coral reefs, the 300 islands that make up the Fijian archipelago are the very picture of paradise.
Following is a timeline of significant political developments in Fiji since it gained independence from Britain in 1970.
If there's such a thing as the right way to topple a democratically elected government, then Thailand's generals might be just the strongmen to teach that lesson. After they moved against Prime Min...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has unveiled a softer image in the run-up to his bid to win a third term of office on December 3. Here's all you need to know about the Latin American firebrand.
Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced his resignation from his ruling Thai Rak Thai party Tuesday, two weeks after military officers seized power from him in a bloodless coup d'etat.
Thailand's ruling military junta, which seized power in a bloodless coup 10 days ago, has chosen a new prime minister for the interim government, but has not yet officially released the new leader's name.
In the wake of this week's military coup in Thailand, former central bank Governor Chatumongol Sonakul is favored to become the country's interim civilian leader, The Bangkok Post newspaper said Saturday.
Thailand's military coup leaders began on Friday probing alleged corruption under ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shinawatra and sacked police officials tied to the former prime minister.
Thailand's military has banned political activity and detained four top members from the administration of Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a bloodless military coup this week.
Thailand's long-reigning king endorsed the bloodless military coup that ousted the country's prime minister, according to a televised statement, and the general who seized power promised to restore civilian rule within a year.
(CNN) -- Images of tanks rolling through the streets of Bangkok and demonstrators storming television stations in Budapest seemed to hark back to an era the world had left behind.
On the streets of Bangkok, Thailand, well-wishers gathered around army tanks and draped them with garlands a day after a military commander took control of the country in a quick, bloodless coup.
(CNN) -- Everything you ought to know about the military takeover in Bangkok.
Thailand's military coup leader has pledged to choose a new prime minister within two weeks and return power to the people as soon as possible.
CNN is appealing for eyewitness reports from people in Thailand watching the apparent coup attempt unfold. The following is a selection of your replies, some of which have been edited.
Former Peruvian president Alan Garcia declared victory in a runoff election Monday and appeared poised to stage a political comeback 16 years after his previous administration ended in economic ruin and social unrest.
Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia appeared to be staging a political comeback Sunday as exit polls and unofficial counts showed he was leading a runoff presidential election.
In 1986, Corazon Aquino, a self-professed housewife and mother, became an international symbol for non-violent political resistance when she became the first woman president of the Philippines three years after her husband, a political opposition leader, was assassinated.
Bush administration officials Tuesday dismissed Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson's call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as the remarks of a private citizen, but Venezuela accused Robertson of promoting terrorism.
The Mauritanian armed forces have taken advantage of the absence of the country's president to seize power, announcing that Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall would be the nation's new leader, according to a statement released by the state new agency.
Former Chilean leader General Augusto Pinochet has been discharged from a military hospital in Santiago after suffering what was called a minor stroke, sources close to the general said.
Government and rebel forces in the western African nation of Ivory Coast on Saturday signed a wide-ranging agreement covering disarmament, political initiatives and military reforms, a U.N. representative said.
About 12,000 police were deployed across Lahore on Saturday ahead of the return of opposition leader Asif Ali Zardari, with the government vowing to block any rallies by his party and effectively sealing off the city.
U.S. flags have been set alight and thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Lahore to call for the resignation of Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf.
Tens of thousands of people from all religious parties have staged a rally in Karachi against Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declaring him unacceptable because of his pro-American policies.
A top Venezuelan official said Wednesday "insidious accusations" that President Hugo Chavez is "a negative influence and a destabilizing force for the region" could portend an attack against the country, a major oil exporter.
Two former Pakistani prime ministers and rivals, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, met in Saudi Arabia and agreed to work to end dictatorship in Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League sources told CNN.
Mark Thatcher has left South Africa after pleading guilty to unwittingly bankrolling an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea in a plea bargain deal that allows him to avoid jail.
In spite of his promise about a year ago and ongoing public protests, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf said he will not step down as head of the country's military on Dec. 31.
Even by the colorful standards of British scandals, the arrest in late August of Mark Thatcher, son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was explosive news. The 51-year-old former racecar d...
A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a British man accused of leading a group of mercenaries plotting to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea to seven years in jail.
Equatorial Guinea said Saturday it had requested international arrest warrants for Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, and other Britons implicated in an alleged coup plot for this oil-rich African nation.
A court in Zimbabwe has found a Briton alleged to be the leader of 70 men accused of plotting to topple the government of the oil-rich West African country of Equatorial Guinea guilty of weapons offenses.
Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has been arrested and charged in South Africa with the financing of an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
The president of Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed for calm after the capital city was rocked by gunfire and tank blasts in a failed coup attempt.
A coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo was thwarted after rebel soldiers briefly seized control of a government radio station in Kinshasa, Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda told CNN.
Government forces battled attackers at military installations and television headquarters in the Congolese capital on Kinshasa Sunday in what diplomats called a coup attempt against President Joseph Kabila.
Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remained for a fourth day Friday in a gilded cage in this dilapidated capital city, unable to communicate with the outside world, his spokesman said in a telephone interview from Paris.
Ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he was forced out of Haiti in a "real coup d'etat" led by the United States, in what he called a "modern way to have a modern kidnapping."
Hundreds of U.S. Marines are in Haiti securing key points in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and fled the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is publicly urging Pakistan to "pull up by the roots" the illegal proliferation of nuclear technology.
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Of all the emerging Eastern bloc nations, none has a brighter future than Hungary. This peppery land of goulash and bauxite has taken to economic freedom with a vengeance. Within the last year or s...
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