POLITICS

Obama has shortened sentences of a total 1,715 inmates, including 568 serving life imprisonment.

Yahya Jammeh has until midday on 20 January to leave the country.

Michael Moore, Robert De Niro, Mark Ruffalo and Al Sharpton joined the marches.

The 45th President of the United States will be sworn in at 5pm GMT on 20 January.

Thousands of Trump supporters are expected to pour into Washington DC to witness the event.

Teori Zavascki played a key role in Operation Car Wash, Brazil's biggest corruption investigation in years.

The blueprint for cuts to the federal budget will reportedly limit spending in some departments.

The Hungary-born hedge fund manager said that the UK could re-join the EU 'over a weekend'.

Twitter news discovery tool Dataminr has revoked access to Russian TV network RT, a day after Facebook.

Former IRA commander McGuinness rose to be deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

List of Russian words in use in the West continues to grow, as our glossary illustrates.

Could rap be the most effective advocacy tool in Mali?

Perry reverses stance on climate change but doesn't want to raise the cost of energy.

World leaders, top decision-makers and the financial elite gather every year at the event in Davos, Switzerland.

Ex-pilot is in firing line after publishing names of prisoners – said Kiev may have to ease its claim on Crimea.

Donald Trump's family tree highlights a web of relations crossing countries and economic interests.

Well over a hundred celebrities will be speaking and participating in the march on 21 January.

Barrow was sworn in in front of diplomatic officials at The Gambia's Embassy in Senegal.

Protest group tells 'daddy Pence' that 'we are queer, we are here, we will dance' in defiance of anti-gay stance.

Corbyn was the most rebellious Labour backbencher during New Labour's time in government.

Donald Trump will become the first president to have no political or military experience.

Despite the rise of Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, and the fascists, many appeasers are full of wishful thinking.

TV host and Hillary Clinton supporter will host anti-Trump protest during Sundance.

Venezuelans say that they cannot return to Nicolas Maduro's police state.

Troops led by Senegal ready to invade as President-elect Adama Barrow heads for inauguration in Dakar.

Bridges Not Walls tells IBTimes UK that London's Tower Bridge will be part of the stunt.

RT says it will be unable to share videos or images of Donald Trump's inauguration due to a Facebook ban.

Prime minister given boost just days after Lancaster House speech in London.

Three biographers say Trump will be unable to separate his personal feelings from what's best for Americans.