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France's Socialist Party on Friday sealed a coalition deal with the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party to run together in June's parliamentary elections to try to deprive newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron of a majority.

Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras, vowing to reform the crime- and poverty-stricken nation into a "socialist and democratic state."

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to become the first female European Commission president after she won over socialists and liberals with her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.

As the Bhartiya Janta Party gets into battle mode in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 general elections with Amit Shah launching a programme to induct first time voters into the party in Varanasi on Saturday, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today said he would like to contest 2019 general elections from Kannauj constituency. Kannauj is presently...

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his first cabinet on Wednesday mixing Socialists, centrists and rightwingers with newcomers to politics as he pressed ahead with plans to create a broad governing coalition.

First the dramatic comeback, then the frenzied campaign, and now France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is limbering up for his potential springboard back into office: the leadership of his right-wing UMP party.

Just three years after France's upper house Senate made history with its first ever swing to the left, the right clawed back a majority Sunday in a new setback for Socialist President Francois Hollande.

France's Socialist President Francois Hollande is defending himself against accusations by his ex-first lady that he despises the poor.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen would reach the final round of a presidential election if voters were to vote now, winning more votes than any mainstream party in the first round, a poll showed on Thursday.

Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party began a six-day congress on Saturday with President Nicolas Maduro seeking to fire up militants and quell dissidents who say he is failing to fix the economy or end graft.

Venezuela's socialist party is holding its first national convention since the death last year of President Hugo Chavez, with delegates hoping to quell infighting and discontent about party leadership.

As a candidate for the French presidency in 2012, Francois Hollande promised to be more boring spouse than flamboyant seducer.

Michelle Bachelet, the winner of Chile's presidential runoff Sunday, years ago became her country's first female president and now has a chance to cement her legacy with a second term.

France's First Lady set the country's Twitter feeds alight on Tuesday with an encouraging message to a parliamentary election rival of Segolene Royal, the Socialist politician who lived before her with President Francois Hollande.

President Francois Hollande has named 38-year-old technocrat Fleur Pellerin as France's first South Korean-born minister, in charge of small and medium enterprises and the digital economy.Ms Pellerin, born in Seoul and adopted by French parents at the age of six months, is a classic product of France's elite education system as opposed to the hiera...

France's Socialist Party on Friday sealed a coalition deal with the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party to run together in June's parliamentary elections to try to deprive newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron of a majority.

Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras, vowing to reform the crime- and poverty-stricken nation into a "socialist and democratic state."

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to become the first female European Commission president after she won over socialists and liberals with her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.

As the Bhartiya Janta Party gets into battle mode in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 general elections with Amit Shah launching a programme to induct first time voters into the party in Varanasi on Saturday, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today said he would like to contest 2019 general elections from Kannauj constituency. Kannauj is presently...

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his first cabinet on Wednesday mixing Socialists, centrists and rightwingers with newcomers to politics as he pressed ahead with plans to create a broad governing coalition.

First the dramatic comeback, then the frenzied campaign, and now France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is limbering up for his potential springboard back into office: the leadership of his right-wing UMP party.

Just three years after France's upper house Senate made history with its first ever swing to the left, the right clawed back a majority Sunday in a new setback for Socialist President Francois Hollande.

France's Socialist President Francois Hollande is defending himself against accusations by his ex-first lady that he despises the poor.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen would reach the final round of a presidential election if voters were to vote now, winning more votes than any mainstream party in the first round, a poll showed on Thursday.

Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party began a six-day congress on Saturday with President Nicolas Maduro seeking to fire up militants and quell dissidents who say he is failing to fix the economy or end graft.

Venezuela's socialist party is holding its first national convention since the death last year of President Hugo Chavez, with delegates hoping to quell infighting and discontent about party leadership.

As a candidate for the French presidency in 2012, Francois Hollande promised to be more boring spouse than flamboyant seducer.

Michelle Bachelet, the winner of Chile's presidential runoff Sunday, years ago became her country's first female president and now has a chance to cement her legacy with a second term.

France's First Lady set the country's Twitter feeds alight on Tuesday with an encouraging message to a parliamentary election rival of Segolene Royal, the Socialist politician who lived before her with President Francois Hollande.

President Francois Hollande has named 38-year-old technocrat Fleur Pellerin as France's first South Korean-born minister, in charge of small and medium enterprises and the digital economy.Ms Pellerin, born in Seoul and adopted by French parents at the age of six months, is a classic product of France's elite education system as opposed to the hiera...