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The battle for some of Russia’s richest gold mines has an unusual cast of characters: the scion of one of Europe’s great banking families, a Kazakh tycoon with his own cryptocurrency, hedge fund D.E.

After more than a decade writing and editing books about the history of Catalonia, Joaquim Torra now has the chance to write its next chapter.

While Italy’s populist duo nears the completion of a governing plan that includes a flat tax and guaranteed income for the poor, markets are taking the news in their stride as investors and analysts

Brazil’s presidential election race is quickly thinning and will ironically leave only seasoned politicians able to win a race marked by deep-seated, anti-establishment sentiment.

The Pentagon defended its planned winner-take-all award for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract, calling the effort to choose a single provider the best approach for “rapidly delivering new

Hungary’s new cabinet will toughen a planned legislative crack-down on non-governmental organizations, raising the stakes in a democracy debate that threatens the ruling party’s membership in a key

Pakistan’s top military and civilian leaders on Monday rejected criticisms by former premier Nawaz Sharif over the nation’s handling of militant groups and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Jerusalem (AP) -- The Latest on the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and Palestinian protests (all times local):

The U.S. and China signaled a desire to avoid a costly trade war after President Donald Trump offered a lifeline to beleaguered telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. and China’s Xi Jinping dispatched his

Baghdad (AP) -- A populist coalition organized by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerged as the early front-runner Monday with half the vote counted in Iraq's national election.

At the age of 92 Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad has burst back onto the world's political scene, 15 years after slipping into retirement. With the world's eyes on the probe into the multi-billion dollar

For Palestinians, May 15 on the calendar means “Nakba,” the Arabic word for disaster. It’s the day after Israel declared independence in 1948, and marks a war in which some 700,000 Arabs were expelled

Ukrainians are so fed up with their political leaders that they’d rather back novices including a comedian or a rock singer at elections next year. Neither has even confirmed he’ll run yet.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat MP MP for Lembah Pantai Fahmi Fadzil discusses the Malaysian election win of Mahathir Mohamad. Fadzil speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

University of Malaya Professor of Political Economy Terence Gomez discusses the Malaysian markets and economic policies in the wake of Mahathir Mohamad securing the election win. Gomez speaks on

Italy’s populist duo has all but completed a governing plan that includes a flat tax as low as 15 percent, a guaranteed income for the poor and a lower retirement age as they prepare to seek a green

Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch week for her leadership and Brexit plan, with ministers and backbenchers in her Conservative Party feuding over Britain’s future ties to the European Union.

European powers alarmed by President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord set out this week on an urgent search for ways to hold the deal together.