CAIRO -- Invoking the determination of his father, President Bashar Assad blamed foreign conspiracies for Syria's in highly awaited Wednesday that sought to brace his 40-year dynasty against similar to those that have left governments reeling across Middle East and Northern Africa.. It was to have..…

The commission also threatened to dissolve the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) if its sole candidate, former President Mohamed Nasheed, contested the party’s May 30 primaries. The joint opposition accused the commission of being “hopelessly politicized” after it left only..…

Akpata, every other electoral commission chairperson before him, left office with a trail of controversy.  ..…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa left, shakes hands with Senegalese President Macky Sall, right, with Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, during Beijing China- Africa Cooperation Forum at Great Hall of the People, Sept 4. ..…

In Jijiga, capital of the restive Somali region, a youth group known as Heego, which is loyal to the region’s former president Abdi Illey, and the region’s paramilitary Liyu police carried out attacks earlier this month that left many people dead. ..…

The violence left one police officer dead and seven injured.[50] President Correa responded by declaring a state of exception throughout the whole province.[51] Three days later, he addressed the issue on his TV show. ..…

At the time, former Vice President of Equity and Inclusion/Title IX Officer Antonio Farias headed the Office. Farias left his position this June to pursue a role at the University of Florida. . ..…

Here again it may be said that the leaders of the European Left are ready to accept the political consequences of our Americanization. After his first electoral victory President Clinton was the toast of the town amid the respectful Left in London, Paris, or Rome. ..…

Palestinian Israeli lawyer Amir Fahori argued in his recent piece for the Israeli left-wing publication Sicha Mekomit that none other than Professor Aharon Barak, a liberal jurist who served as president of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006, has himself argued that the Jewish..…

In recent days, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, has left no doubt that he is the mascot of American exceptionalism. ... Vendetta left undone . “He tried to kill my daddy!” swore . The vengeful Boobie Bush . ..…

When President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death last year of Justice Antonin Scalia, he chose a candidate whose professional background is very much in line with previous and current justices. ..…

This photo released by official SANA news agency shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (center-left) receiving a delegation of French parliamentarians and scholars in Damascus on March 27, 2016. ..…

At EU conference held in one of those magnificent palaces left behind by Belgian Empire, Dutch vice-president of European Commission, Frans Timmermans, warned that EU could fall apart.. ..…

I started law school after all my kids left for college. I graduated, and passed the California Bar Exam on the first try. . In my role as president of our local soccer association, I fought our baseball-minded city, and helped bring about the development of a $13M, 17-field premier soccer..…

The foreign-backed militancy in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has left over 250,000 people dead. . Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with China's Phoenix television on Sunday, hailed Russia's military engagement against terrorists in the violence-wrecked country, adding..…

Last night, when Jeb Bush thanked 'the president of the United States for coming down and lending a hand to his little brother,' he left unsaid what his victory could mean in two years to his big brother. . ..…

Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. . . . . . All of this and more was recounted by the Times in two articles Sunday that left a lot of unanswered questions. ..…

The spots were left open because the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate of 2007 and 2008 refused to approve President George W. ..…

President Obama has exactly 12 months and some days left in office, and those who are running to fill his position are ignoring the issue. ..…

Martin Schulz, the president of European Parliament and leader of European alliance of center-left parties, visited Athens and was shame for SYRIZA to make alliance with the Independent Greeks. ..…

“Look into Iraq, Saddam,” the President said testily, and left us.1 . . Did the president truly believe that Iraq was behind the attacks, or was he looking to find evidence for an invasion he already had in mind? ..…

Both were closed but messages were left. Council President Johnson was trying to leave her office when she encountered the protestors. . ..…

He denounced the administration's efforts to unseat Panamanian President Manuel Noriega for being too mild and sounded an anti-drug theme that provided left-wing cover for police crackdowns in poor urban neighborhoods. . ..…

About the agreement President Obama said “We have reached a landmark settlement with the nation’s largest banks that will speed relief to the hardest-hit homeowners, end some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry, and begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness that has left..…

When her brother, President Kennedy, visited Ireland in 1963, he promised he’d be back in the springtime. Thirty years later, it was left to Jean to return for him. As President Clinton’s ambassador to Ireland, Jean was as vital as she was unconventional, helping brave men and..…

Mohammad Mohaghegh, an opposition leader of the Hazara minority of Shias, compares Karzai’s predicament to that of an earlier president, Muhammad Najibullah. Najibullah’s left-wing government, which came to power in 1986, relied on Soviet backing and its writ barely extended beyond..…

On Sunday, more than 2,000 armed opposition forces and their families left the district, with their dream of capturing Damascus and toppling the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad totally shattered.. ..…

Eric is a native of Canada– a bioethicist who left IUPUI a couple of years ago to become President and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies. ..…

Booth tried to persuade him to shoot the President while in the window, Booth he would take no such risk that he left then and walked around the square, and that Booth remarked 'That is the speech he will ever make... ..…