The outcome of the five state elections will have an impact on the Presidential poll and will also bring some change in the Upper House of Parliament as except for Punjab the other four states were ruled by the BJP with brute majorities in UP and Uttarakhand.

How Assembly polls will impact Presidential and Rajya Sabha elections

Turkey is continuing a "positive dialogue" with Saudi Arabia and wants to take concrete steps in the coming days to improve ties, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Wednesday, amid a regional charm offensive by Turkey to mend strained relations.

Erdogan says Turkey continuing 'positive dialogue' with Saudi Arabia

Burkina Faso strongman Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president on Wednesday, just over three weeks after he led a coup to topple elected head of state Roch Marc Christian Kabore.

Burkina junta chief sworn in as president

President Macky Sall of Senegal awarded a special cash prize, prime real estate, and the country`s highest order to the men`s soccer team as the country continued to celebrate their victory in Sunday`s Africa Cup of Nations final against Egypt.

Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal President awards cash prize, prime real estate to men's soccer team

In a meeting at the Oval Office on Monday, US President Joe Biden has promised Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, that he will soon designate the country as a major non-NATO ally.

Qatar to become major non-NATO ally, US President Biden tells emir

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia has suspended the Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and removed the commander of the marine forces until corruption investigations are concluded, deepening a destabilising disagreement in the Horn of Africa.

Somalia: President 'suspends' prime minister over corruption charges

For well over a year now, President Joe Biden’s vaunted negotiating style largely boiled down to this: I’m with you. After he vanquished Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

Biden throws in with Left, leaving his agenda in doubt

With growing animal rights’ awareness on the mind, South Korea seems to be looking to prohibit dog meat consumption as debate over the practice intensifies. On being briefed over concerted efforts to improve the handling of abandoned animals and a registration system for dogs, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that dog meat consumption may get prohibited in future.

Amid intense debate over animal rights, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says dog meat may get banned  

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva criticised as "false and spurious" the findings of an independent probe into allegations that as World Bank head she pressured staff to manipulate data to make China`s business climate appear more favorable.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva accuses former World Bank president Kim's office of manipulation

No president has ever packed as much of his agenda, domestic and foreign, into a single piece of legislation as President Joe Biden has with the $3.5 trillion spending plan that Democrats are trying to wrangle through Congress over the next six weeks.

Biden’s entire presidential agenda rests on expansive spending bill

The Americans called him “Mikey,” and as an interpreter for the Special Forces he did not just bridge language gaps. He did everything from easing negotiations with local Afghans loyal to the Taliban to warning a convoy away from an ambush.

A stranded interpreter, and the soldiers who would not let go

US President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he is nominating Nicholas Burns as ambassador to China and Rahm Emanuel as top envoy to Japan. For months, the two top diplomatic positions have been in the process of finalisation but were made official only in an announcement by the White House in the midst of the biggest foreign policy crisis of the administration till now.

US President announces picks for ambassador to China, Japan positions

In an address during the main Independence Day ceremony being held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Saturday, Pakistan’s President Dr Arif Alvi said the country sacrificed over 100,000 lives in the war against terrorism and came out victorious, a Geo TV report said.

On Independence Day, President Alvi claims Pak to be only country in world to ‘defeat terrorism’ 

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ignored calls to drop his feud with the Supreme Court on Friday and called one of its justices a "son of a whore," amid rising tensions over his unfounded claims the nation's voting system is vulnerable to fraud.

'He's son of a wh**e': Brazil President insults Supreme Court judge during live broadcast

Venezuela will receive 6.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines through the COVAX initiative "in the coming days," President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday, potentially speeding up an inoculation campaign well behind regional peers.

Venezuela to receive COVAX vaccines in coming days, Maduro says

Tunisia has been struck by a wave of riots and protests amid persistent political instability and a dismal economy, 10 years after the Arab Spring revolt for democracy.

Pictures | From Jasmine Revolution to Parliament suspension: 10 years of Tunisia since its Arab Spring revolt

Tunisia's president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of a political crisis that his opponents labelled a coup, calling their own supporters to come onto the streets in protest.

Tunisian president ousts government, critics call move a coup

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, undergoing hospital treatment for an obstructed intestine after a near-fatal 2018 stabbing, said on Friday, he hoped to be "back in action soon," while doctors gave no date for him to be discharged.

Brazil's Bolsonaro recovering, says will be 'back in action soon'

In order to strengthen security measures to end the ongoing violent riots in the country, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government has deployed the South African Defence Force.

President Cyril Ramaphosa deploys South African Defence Force to curb ongoing violent riots 

Former president Jacob Zuma addressed countrymen on Sunday evening from his Nkandla home on matters related to the Constitutional Court judgment against him. “No honest person can accuse me of being an enemy of the rule of law, consistent with this point, I am pursuing peaceful and constitutional methods to deal with this situation by approaching the courts, again," Zuma said adding, “All I am asking is fairness and consistency.

Zuma: No honest person can accuse me of being an enemy of rule of law 

A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack on Friday, he said in a video message. The incident took place while the president's helicopter was flying through Colombia's Catatumbo region towards the city of Cucuta, capital of the country's Norte de Santander province, Duque said.

Helicopter carrying Colombia's President Duque struck by bullets in attack

In Egypt, a female TikTok star was sentenced to ten years in prison for human trafficking. Haneen Hossam, 20, made a video in which she begged for mercy, claiming she had never done anything wrong.

Video: 'I am dying', Egypt female TikTok star Haneen Hossam tells the president

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with an investigation of the Southeast Asian nation's drug war killings planned by the International Criminal Court (ICC), his spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Philippine President will not cooperate with ICC probe into killings

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said on Saturday that he will send a bill to Congress next week to make bitcoin legal tender in the country. "In the short term, this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands outside the formal economy," Bukele said in a video shown at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.

El Salvador's president says will send bill to make bitcoin legal tender

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