16/06/2011 | Argentina

Argentine ambassador to UN regrets Cameron's sovereignty remarks

The Argentine ambassador to the UN, Jorge Argüello, reiterated Argentina’s disappointment over British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s approach to Malvinas islands sovereignty, and said that it’s “worrying and irritating to hear the British Prime Minister confirm what everybody was thinking; also neglecting to abide by UN resolution.”

30/04/2012 | Argentina

Argentine envoy urges UK to 'give peace a chance' on Malvinas

Argentina's new ambassador to London tackled Britain's Foreign Minister over the disputed Malvinas Islands by asking him at a public meeting whether he was ready to "give peace a chance" by opening talks on the islands' future.

30/06/2012 | Argentina

Defence Minister travels to Beijing

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli left for Beijing today, amid new plans to boost bilateral relations between the two countries, which were decided on during Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao’s recent visit to Argentina.

15/01/2013 | World

Pakistan Supreme Court orders arrest of prime minister

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection with a corruption case linked to power projects, television channels reported today, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil.

16/01/2013 | World

Britain's Cameron under new pressure to dilute EU ties

British Prime Minister David Cameron came under renewed pressure to loosen his country's ties with the European Union today, two days ahead of a major speech in which he will spell out plans to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU.

23/01/2013 | World

Cameron promises Britons straight choice on EU exit

Prime Minister David Cameron promised today to give Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, provided he wins an election in 2015.

21/12/2012 | World

Italy PM Monti resigns, elections likely in February

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti tendered his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano today, the president's office said, paving the way for national elections in February.

29/12/2012 | World

'Britain heading in the right direction', says UK's Cameron

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain was heading in the right direction on all its major issues and could look forward to 2013 with realism and optimism.

06/01/2013 | World

Italy's center-left leads in three-way vote race

Italy's center-left coalition, led by Pier Luigi Bersani, has a comfortable lead less than two months before the election, and outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti's bloc may win up to 15 percent, a poll said.

08/12/2012 | World

Italy PM Monti says he will resign when budget approved

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced today that he intended to resign once next year's budget is approved in parliament after Silvio Berlusconi's party withdrew its support for his technocrat government this week.

10/12/2012 | World

Europe leaders praise Monti, call next gov't to stick to reform agenda

European partners heaped praise on outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti today, and called for the next government to stick to his reform agenda after his surprise decision to resign rattled financial markets.

11/12/2012 | World

Italy's Monti leaves political future open

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he wanted to influence political debate in whatever role he fills after elections next year but he left his future open following speculation he may remain in politics.

01/11/2012 | World

UK risks sliding to EU exit, Deputy PM Clegg warns

Britain faces a crisis that could end with the world's sixth largest economy leaving the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned ahead of a showdown over budget spending with other states in the 27-member bloc.

17/11/2012 | World

Israel bombs Hamas government buildings in Gaza

25/11/2012 | World

Italy centre left picks candidate for next prime minister

Italy's centre left voted to choose the candidate who will be the leading contender to succeed Mario Monti as prime minister after a election in March and take charge of steering the country through a deep recession.

25/09/2012 | World

Italian PM Mario Monti says he won't run for election

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he would not run in elections due in spring, in an interview in which he said Italy no longer risked igniting a debt crisis in the euro zone.

09/10/2012 | World

UK must cut debt or face obscurity, Cameron says

Britain must cut its budget deficit and fix its economy or face long-term decline, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Wednesday, seeking to convince voters that his austerity plan is the only way forward.

19/10/2012 | World

Car bomb in Beirut kills 8, top security official

A huge car bomb explosion in Beirut today killed a top Lebanese security official whose investigations implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri seven years ago.

07/08/2012 | World

Syrian forces encircle rebels in Aleppo stronghold

Syrian rebels trying to fight off an army offensive in Aleppo said today they were running low on ammunition as President Bashar al-Assad's forces encircled their stronghold at the southern entrance to the country's biggest city.

10/09/2012 | World

Spain's PM expects 'reasonable' terms for any new aid

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he expected the European Union to set reasonable conditions for Spain if the country sought a bailout, saying he should not be told exactly where to trim public spending and would not cut pensions.

12/09/2012 | World

Russian Prime Minister Medvedev says Pussy Riot should be freed

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he thought three Pussy Riot punk band members should be freed from prison following their conviction last month for a profanity-laced protest against Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral.

19/06/2012 | World

Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies prime minister

Pakistan's increasingly assertive Supreme Court today declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil during a crisis in relations with the United States.

30/06/2012 | World

Georgian president names new PM as elections loom

Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili named his close ally, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, as the new prime minister today ahead of parliamentary elections due in October.

12/07/2012 | World

Italy's Berlusconi to run in 2013

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will return to frontline politics as the centre-right candidate in next year's general election, a senior official in his PDL party said.

26/04/2012 | World

EU clock ticking for Dutch budget talks

The Dutch caretaker government scrambled to strike a deal with opposition parties on a 2013 budget that would cut the deficit, before an EU deadline, with ministers and opposition politicians saying there was scope for progress.

29/04/2012 | World

Cameron denies 'grand deal' to help Murdoch

Prime Minister David Cameron has denied favouring Rupert Murdoch's business interests in exchange for political support from his newspaper empire, and defended a minister's handling of an ill-fated takeover bid involving the media magnate.

08/05/2012 | World

Cameron seeks to calm party rebels after poll losses

British Prime Minister David Cameron will try to calm his fractious Conservative party after his worst month in office by stressing his determination to fix an ailing economy in a joint appearance with the leader of his coalition partners.

22/03/2012 | World

Italy's Monti runs into trouble over labour reform

Prime Minister Mario Monti's drive to force through labour reform in Italy ran into political trouble, raising the risk that the coalition supporting him in parliament could splinter or the measures be weakened.

16/04/2012 | World

Palestinians to deliver Netanyahu ultimatum on talks

The Palestinian prime minister plans to use a rare meeting set for Tuesday with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a letter detailing Palestinian grievances on stalled peace talks.

24/04/2012 | World

Dutch PM asks opposition for help on budget cuts

The Dutch prime minister said his country faced a crisis and asked parliament to push through budget cuts after his government lost the support of its main political ally and tendered its resignation.

27/12/2011 | World

Greek conservatives drop February election demand

Greece's conservative New Democracy party dropped its insistence on holding elections as early as Feb. 19, potentially giving technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos a few more weeks to pass reforms and get a vital debt restructuring deal.

30/12/2011 | World

UK unveils secret files over Malvinas Islands war

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had been informed about the risks of reducing the Royal Army a year before the Argentine invasion of the Malvinas Islands in 1982, stated the secret files unveiled.

22/02/2012 | World

Wife of UK's Blair sues over phone hacking

The wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair has begun legal action over the alleged interception of her private phone messages, her lawyer said, making her the latest public figure to be drawn into a hacking scandal that has shaken the country's media.

14/11/2011 | World

Greek PM: existing policies have worsened downturn

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said the policies tied to Athens' international bailout had worsened a recession and pushed unemployment higher, but the problem could be mitigated with reforms.

15/11/2011 | World

Monti to form new Italy government

Prime Minister designate Mario Monti will meet Italy's president on Wednesday to present a new government to face a crisis that has brought Italy to the brink of economic disaster and endangered the entire euro zone.

21/11/2011 | World

Spain new premier refuses to reveal plans

Prime Minister-elect Mariano Rajoy resisted pressure to disclose his plans for rescuing Spain from economic disaster, keeping anxious Spaniards and impatient investors on edge following his election triumph.

05/11/2011 | World

Italian press write off Berlusconi but alternative unclear

Italy's press were writing off Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, with even pro-government newspapers admitting his situation looked desperate after a humiliating Group of 20 summit and the latest sell-off of Italy's bonds.

07/11/2011 | World

Socialist tries to gain points in Spanish election debate

Spain's Socialist candidate for prime minister, lagging badly in polls, tried to paint his conservative rival as a threat to the welfare state in a televised debate that was not expected to save the Socialists from a Nov. 20 election rout.

14/11/2011 | World

Italy's Monti says aims to serve term until 2013

Italy's Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti said his first day of talks for a new government were constructive and he hoped to form an administration that could take the country through to the next scheduled elections in 2013.

24/10/2011 | World

Italy's Berlusconi hits back at EU demands

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hit back at European Union partners who have been pressing Italy for swift economic reforms, saying no country in the bloc was in a position to give lessons to others.

31/10/2011 | World

Berlusconi urged to quit as bond yields climb

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced fresh calls to resign on Monday as markets turned on Italy, pushing its borrowing costs to dangerous new levels on renewed concern about a worsening of the euro zone crisis.

04/11/2011 | World

Greek PM Papandreou wins confidence vote

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won a parliamentary confidence vote, avoiding snap elections which would have torpedoed Greece's bailout deal and inflamed the euro zone's economic crisis.

10/09/2011 | World

Japan's new PM suffers early blow as minister quits

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's new government suffered a blow after just eight days in office when the trade minister resigned over gaffes on the sensitive topic of radiation from the tsunami-hit Fukushima plant.

10/09/2011 | World

Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said today he would do whatever it takes to rescue his country from bankruptcy and stay in the euro zone, as doubts in Europe grew over its membership in the bloc.

16/09/2011 | World

Pakistan PM cancels US visit due to floods

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has cancelled a visit to the US to attend the UN General Assembly session to direct relief efforts as floods devastate southern Pakistan, his office said.

28/08/2011 | World

Japan to pick latest PM as revolving door turns

Japan's ruling party picks a new prime minister and little suggests that the nation's sixth leader in five years will have the necessary vision, power or time to tackle a long list of economic ills while coping with a nuclear crisis.

01/09/2011 | World

Arrests made over alleged Berlusconi extortion

Scandal enveloped Silvio Berlusconi anew after a businessman linked to a 2009 prostitution case was arrested on suspicion of extorting hundreds of thousands of euros from the Italian prime minister.

09/09/2011 | World

Obama concerned about storming of Israel's Cairo embassy

US President Barack Obama is concerned about the storming of the Israeli embassy in Cairo by protesters and told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the United States is taking steps to help resolve the situation without further violence, the White House said in a statement.

12/08/2011 | World

Italy delivers tough austerity measures

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced a painful mix of tax hikes and spending cuts to meet European Central Bank demands for action on shoring up Italy's strained public finances.

22/08/2011 | World

Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open

Unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely resign on Aug. 30, his economics minister said, setting the stage for parliament to pick Japan's sixth leader in five years as the country confronts a nuclear crisis and a raft of economic woes.

27/08/2011 | World

Japan PM race begins with no winner in sight

Japan's ruling Democratic Party formally began a leadership race to pick the next prime minister today, with no clear winner among five candidates, as the country confronts a series of economic and energy ills.

22/07/2011 | World

Women strip to bras to back Putin return as president

About 20 young women stripped to their bras in central Moscow to show their support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to return as Russia's president.

27/07/2011 | World

Norway PM: 'We will not be intimidated by attacks'

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said that Norway would not be intimidated by Friday's bombing and shooting attack, calling it a "national tradgedy."

06/08/2011 | World

Italy's Berlusconi rules out early elections

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ruled out calling early elections to stem market panic that has pounded Italian assets and forced his government to bring forward austerity measures.

11/07/2011 | World

Spain PM calls for rapid solution to Greek problem

The euro zone must find a rapid solution to the Greek debt problem to slow the spread of falling confidence through the euro zone, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said.

11/07/2011 | World

Austria clears path for extradition of ex-Croatia PM

Austria has opened the way for former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader to be extradited to his home country to face corruption charges, the national news agency APA reported, citing the Justice Ministry.

18/07/2011 | World

Cameron to fly home as corruption storm builds

David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa and will fly home on Tuesday to defend himself from a scandal that has battered Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forced British police chiefs to resign and raised doubts about the prime minister's judgment.

21/04/2011 | World

Japan creates a 20km no-entry nuclear zone

Japan said it would ban anyone entering the 20-km (12-mile) evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant north of Tokyo, weeks after the tsunami-wrecked facility began leaking radiation.

07/05/2011 | World

Greek PM denies country will leave the euro

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou denied there was even unofficial discussion over Greece quitting the euro zone and asked that his troubled country be "left alone to finish its task."

11/06/2011 | World

Berlusconi faces another test with Italy referendums

Italians vote in four referendums on Sunday and Monday that could strike a new blow against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is still stinging from heavy local election losses last month.

02/04/2011 | World

Berlusconi seeks to ease migrant tension in Italy

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tried to calm North African migrants on the island of Lampedusa, promising to send them to better camps this weekend and urging Italians to be hospitable.

09/04/2011 | World

Italy steps up call for EU help with migrant crisis

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stepped up calls for Europe to help deal with the "human tsunami" of refugees and illegal immigrants from North Africa arriving in southern Italian islands in recent weeks.

13/04/2011 | World

Italian lower house votes to cut Berlusconi trial

Italy's lower house of parliament voted to cut the length of some criminal trials, approving a measure that is likely to end Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial for bribing his lawyer David Mills.

31/03/2011 | World

Portugal to hold snap general election June 5

Portugal's president dissolved parliament and set a snap general election for June 5, warning the next government faced an "unprecedented economic crisis."

02/04/2011 | World

Japan may take months to end radiation leaks

02/04/2011 | World

Spanish PM says will not stand in 2012 elections

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, his popularity hammered by the euro zone's highest jobless rate, said he would not seek a third term in 2012 elections his Socialists are expected to lose.

19/02/2011 | World

Berlusconi pledges justice reform as scandal grows

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged sweeping reforms to overhaul the justice system, stepping up an offensive against the judiciary days after being ordered to trial in a prostitution case.

04/03/2011 | World

Norway appoints Ola Borten Moe new oil minister

Norway replaced its oil and energy minister today, following Terje Riis-Johansen's resignation, appointing rising politician Ola Borten Moe who has said to be more open than his predecessor to the prospect of drilling in a pristine Arctic archipelago.

27/03/2011 | World

Canadian election heats up over coalition claims

Opposition parties said it was hypocritical for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to accuse them of plotting to take power in a coalition government since he had once considered doing it himself.

04/02/2011 | World

Italian president rejects Berlusconi's tax decree

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign a key government decree to increase the taxation powers of local authorities, dealing a blow to embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

05/02/2011 | World

UK's Cameron rules out big tax cuts at budget

Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out big tax cuts at next month's budget, confirming in a Sunday newspaper interview that his focus remained on reducing Britain's budget deficit.

08/02/2011 | World

Prosecutors to seek trial for Berlusconi in sex probe

Italian prosecutors will request an immediate trial for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is accused of paying for sex with an underage girl and later abusing his power to get police to release her.

22/01/2011 | World

Cowen resigns as party leader, remains Irish PM

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen bowed to pressure from members of the Fianna Fail party and resigned as its leader, but said he would serve as premier until a March 11 election.

22/01/2011 | World

Italy's Berlusconi digs in heels despite sex probe

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi accused magistrates of illegally spying on him as he refused to appear before prosecutors who allege that he had sex with an under-age prostitute.

03/02/2011 | World

Berlusconi passes tax changes, ignoring parliament

Italy's cabinet approved tax reforms that had been rejected by a special parliamentary panel, sparking outrage from the opposition who accused Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of riding roughshod over parliament.

18/01/2011 | World

Berlusconi dismisses calls to quit over sex probe

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi laughed off calls for him to resign over an investigation into allegations he paid for sex with young women, including a 17-year-old nightclub dancer.

22/01/2011 | World

Tunisia's PM pledges to step aside after vote

Tunisia's interim prime minister promised to quit politics after elections, a pledge intended to appease protesters demanding remnants of the old guard leave a unity coalition formed after the overthrow of the president.

22/01/2011 | World

Street pressure mounts on Tunisia PM to go

Protesters who overthrew Tunisia's president took to the streets again on Saturday to accuse his lieutenants of clinging to power and to demand new leaders now.

07/01/2011 | World

Opposition: Irish election likely at end of March

An Irish parliamentary election, which is widely expected to favour the opposition, will likely be held at the end of March, the opposition's finance spokesman said.

14/01/2011 | World

Italy's Berlusconi investigated over teenage girl

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a prostitution investigation in Milan over a teenage nightclub dancer who attended parties at his private residence, prosecutors said.

15/01/2011 | World

Defiant Berlusconi says prostitution probe doomed

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lambasted an inquiry into allegations he paid for sex with a teenage nightclub dancer as a "grotesque" attempt to destroy him politically and promised it would fail.

24/02/2012 | Latin America

Haiti's prime minister resigns after four months

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned after just four months in office, plunging the country into political paralysis in the midst of rebuilding efforts two years after a devastating earthquake.

17/07/2012 | Latin America

Peru's Humala sounds out replacements for prime minister

President Ollanta Humala has begun sounding out replacements for his prime minister as part of a widely expected Cabinet shuffle designed to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests in the world's No. 2 copper producer.

29/05/2012 | Sports

Italy PM Monti urges halt to soccer after scandal

Italian professional soccer should be halted for two or three years to get over the match-fixing scandal which has spattered its image, Prime Minister Mario Monti said.