Presidency

We don't need to be told what to do on democracy, says India at the UN

India on Thursday assumed Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council for the month of December, during which it will host signature events on countering terrorism and reformed multilateralism

Joe Biden turns 80: Will he run for US president a second time?

Questions swirl about whether Joe Biden has what it takes to run for a second term as president. Already the oldest president in US history, he'd be 86 at the end of a potential second term

Explained: Why Republicans' razor-thin House majority is good for Democrats

Democrats would have loved to keep the chamber. But given how the midterm picture appeared entering this year, keeping the Senate and narrowly losing the House are both huge accomplishments and an extraordinary stroke of political luck

Donald Trump announces bid for 2024 US presidency: Will it be a successful comeback?

Former US President Donald Trump has put himself firmly back at the top of the agenda — brushing off a lacklustre midterm election result, and pulling the trigger on a third run for the White House in 2024

Emmanuel Macron to face Marine Le Pen in second round of voting for French presidency

The outcome of the election will have wide international influence as Europe struggles to contain the havoc wreaked by Russian president Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

After public backlash, France's Emmanuel Macron ditches plan to give his wife 'official' title of first lady

A proposal by Macron during campaigning earlier this year to create a new First Lady status for her has been shelved following an outcry

Donald Trump's 30 days in office: ​Bonhomie with Putin turns Nixon-Mao world order on its head

US President Donald Trump seems to be wrecking all the alliances friendships that the US created, over decades, while winning enemies all over the world. If he survives politically, this decade will end with far more troubled and disastrous world than he inherited.

Economic policies of Trump 'reckless' and 'most risky': Hillary Clinton

The economic policies of Republican presidential nominee Trump are "reckless" and "most risky", Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton's campaign said.

Turkey's Erdogan wants army, spy agency brought under presidency control -Turkish official | Reuters

ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wants the armed forces and the national intelligence agency (MIT) to be brought under the control of the presidency, a Turkish official said on Thursday. That change would require a constitutional change and the opposition needs to agree, Erdogan was cited as saying by television news channels

Smart model village pilot project inaugurated by President

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday inaugurated a smart model village pilot project at Rashtrapati Bhavan.