British Energy Secretary Chris Huhne resigned after learning he would face criminal charges for allegedly lying to police, a fall from grace that could tweak the dynamics of the coalition government and weaken its environmental agenda.
Newt Gingrich is quitting the US Republican presidential contest after a tumultuous campaign that saw him go from longshot to front-runner and back again, a campaign official said.
Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said, as pressure mounts to end British involvement in the costly and unpopular war.
Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa arrived in Britain to seek refuge after quitting the government in protest against leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacks on civilians, a friend said.
Japan's fragile post-disaster political truce unraveled as the head of the main opposition party called on unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit over his handling of the country's natural calamities and a nuclear crisis
Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slumping its share price.
Brazil's Labour Minister Carlos Lupi resigned in the face of mounting corruption allegations, the latest in a series of scandal-driven departures from President Dilma Rousseff's cabinet.
Steven Soderbergh says he's done with Hollywood. The Oscar-winning director, whose credits include "Traffic," "Erin Brockovich", said that after he shoots his next two movies he's planning to retire from filmmaking.