CHISINAU, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Moldova's parliament picked a new prime minister on Friday to lead the small nation's efforts to join the European Union and break free of Russia's political orbit. The ...

Today, Sanae Takaichi is the most powerful person in Japan — an ultraconservative politician elected as the first female prime minister in the country’s history, who hit it off with President Donald ...

The milestone election of Sanae Takaichi is a symbolic victory for feminists; however, some critics have expressed concern over her ultraconservative policies Meredith Kile is a Digital News ...

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner ...

Takaichi’s election represents a historic breakthrough in a country where gender parity in leadership has long lagged behind its economic sophistication. Yet investors shouldn’t mistake her gender ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister on Tuesday, following her party’s last-minute coalition deal to secure a majority.

ANTANANARIVO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who seized power this month, named businessman and consultant Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the island nation's ...

President Trump on Monday is scheduled to meet Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House. The two leaders are expected to discuss rare earth minerals and global security. Trump ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression, died Friday. He was 101.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party has a new leader: former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who is poised to become the country’s first female prime ...

President Trump welcomed the news Monday that Japan is poised to have its first female prime minister, calling it “incredible for the people of Japan.” “Japan has just elected its first female Prime ...