Scottish independence campaign gains ground despite TV debate flop
Support for an independent Scotland has risen slightly in the last month even though Alex Salmond, the fiery nationalist leading the breakaway campaign, failed to win a high-profile TV debate, two opinion polls showed on Sunday. With just five weeks to go before a Sept. ...
Cricket star Khan overplays hand in Pakistani power game
Cricket hero Imran Khan rode a wave of discontent to finally break through as a serious player in Pakistani politics in last year's election. Now he is aiming even higher, leading thousands on a march to the capital in a bid to unseat the ...
Distancing herself from President Barack Obama's foreign policy, potential 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in an interview Sunday that the U.S. decision not to intervene early in the Syrian civil war was a "failure." Republican critics and others have faulted Obama for doing ...
Defiant al-Maliki deploys special forces to key areas of Baghdad: police
Special forces loyal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki were deployed in strategic areas of Baghdad on Sunday night after he delivered a tough speech indicating he would not cave in to pressure to drop a bid for a third term, police sources said. Shiite ...
Support for Scottish independence drops after TV debate: poll
Support for Scottish independence has fallen following a TV debate last week and the campaign to split the United Kingdom will need a dramatic turnaround if it is to win a forthcoming referendum, a poll showed on Saturday. The Survation poll for the Scottish Daily ...
All eyes on Ishiba as Abe closes in on date for Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to retain Yoshihide Suga as chief Cabinet secretary along with three of his deputies in a Cabinet reshuffle that will likely take place on Sept. 4, a government source said Saturday. In addition to Suga's three deputies — Katsunobu Kato, ...
British lawmakers say an independent Scotland could face a currency limbo
Scotland may be left in a currency limbo if it votes for independence because it is uncertain if it can continue using the pound or immediately join the euro, British lawmakers warned Friday. Uncertainty over what currency will be used after independence remains a major ...
The leader of Scotland's campaign for independence failed to turn a U.S.-style television debate into a victory for his cause on Tuesday, six weeks before Scots vote on whether to break up the United Kingdom. In an unexpected setback for those who support a breakaway, ...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff until recently appeared to be cruising toward re-election in October but she now finds herself in a tight race as an already sluggish economy takes a turn for the worse. Economic growth, slow for most of her term, looks even less ...
As Scotland decides, not all Scots get a say
Ruth McPherson was born and educated in Scotland but left to work in London two years ago and so has no say on whether her native country should end three centuries of union with England. Over a million Scots like McPherson living outside the land ...
Hong Kong leader says city must abide by strict Chinese election rules
Hong Kong's leader told Beijing on Tuesday that the city's residents wanted a full election in 2017, but said the financial hub would have to abide by the restrictive framework set down by China's communist authorities. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying offered no firm proposal, but ...
Both candidates claimed victory in Indonesia's presidential election on Wednesday, suggesting there could be a drawn-out constitutional battle to decide who will next lead the world's third-largest democracy. Just a few hours after voting closed, Jakarta Gov. Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he had won, based ...
