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President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose a former Goldman Sachs banker and a billionaire investor to steer economic policy in his administration and a fierce Obamacare critic to dismantle President Barack Obama's signature healthcare program.

Brazilian riot police fought an angry crowd of demonstrators outside Congress as lawmakers prepared to vote on austerity measures freezing government spending for 20 years.

President Barack Obama will not attend Fidel Castro's funeral, the White House said on Monday, demurring on the question of who would lead the US delegation.

Farage said the European project was now "fatally weakened", predicting setbacks in Austria, France, Italy and the Netherlands in the coming months.

The two candidates in Austria's longest ever presidential race clashed over the European Union, Donald Trump, and migrants as they faced off in a TV duel a week before the runoff.

Bajwa's "pro-democracy credentials" and his low-profile influenced Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to appoint him to the powerful post of army chief superseding four top generals, Pakistani media and experts commented on Sunday.

US president-elect Donald Trump has termed the Green party-initiated move to recount votes in the state of Wisconsin as a "scam", asserting that "the people have spoken and the election is over."

Cuban-Americans poured onto the streets of Miami early today to cries of "Cuba Libre!" and "Freedom! Freedom!" celebrating the death of their nemesis Fidel Castro.

Here’s a look at the key days in the government of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who passed away on Saturday

The following are some facts about former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on an Egyptian military checkpoint in northern Sinai Peninsula that killed at least 12 soldiers.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday chose Washington insider Donald McGahn to be his White House counsel, giving him the job of untangling potential conflicts of interest that the New York businessman's presidency may present.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday stood accused of failing to protect Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims from what rights groups say is a systematic campaign of abuse by the army.

The death toll from an under construction platform collapse at a power plant in east China's Jiangxi province rose to 74, state-media reported on Friday.

A suicide truck bomb killed more than 80 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, police and medical sources said.

Pope Francis, Head of the Roman Catholic Church, is likely to visit India next year, a senior Catholic priest said on Thursday.