Elections

Preliminary results point to a run-off between Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi and former military man Ahmed Shafiq.

IMF Chief Christine Lagarde says she is more worried about poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa than those facing poverty in Greece.

United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urges Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe.

Unofficial exit results of the Egyptian presidential elections suggest Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and Mubarak's former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq are set to face each other in a run-off.

Antonis Perris was a 60-year-old Greek musician and his mother was 91 years' old.

Freedom and Justice Party's Mohamed Morsi ahead of 12 other candidates, including former Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa.

Prime Minister to allow free vote on same-sex marriage after recent opposition from backbenchers.

Opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Alexi Navlny freed after serving 15-day prison sentences for roles in anti-Putin inauguration rally.

Natalia Juárez, 34, of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, posed semi-nude for with six other women for a "provocative, different and unprejudiced" campaign.

Egyptians are heading to the polls for their first free presidential elections, 15 months after mass protests ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak.

Egyptians have begun casting their votes to elect the first president since the fall of former leader Hosni Mubarak. The ballot will be the first real presidential election to take place in the country.

To mark the historic occasion, IBTimes UK takes a look at at the Egyptian Revolution in an interview with Nariman Youssef author of the e-book Summer of Unrest: Tahrir - 18 Days of Grace.

Presidential candidates are ranging from deep-rooted Islamists to radical secularists. People's verdict to set tone for new chapter in country's history as Egyptians head to polls in huge numbers.

Egypt's ex-intelligence chief Omar Suleiman warns of a military coup against any Muslim Brotherhood regime.

The U.S. dollar is expected to hold its own as a safe-haven currency in the near term as risk aversion in the global financial markets remains amid the euro zone's troubles.

Nick Clegg too expresses concern at the growing uncertainty over the eurozone crisis.

Fear of Taliban militants filling the vacuum after foreign troops are pulled out will be one of the main items on the agenda.

Euro is treading in negative territory due to concerns of Greece crisis contagion.

From the eurozone crisis to Afghanistan, Syria and rising global oil rises are likely to figure at the summit.

Footage posted on YouTube of protesters taking refuge in UN vehicle as Assad forces attack Syrian students at Aleppo University.

The head of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun announced he is resigning from his position amid growing divisions within the umbrella opposition group.

The eurozone crisis, North Korea, the Middle East and Afghanistan are also expected to figure in talks.

European Jewish Congress urges European governments to ban Greece's Holocaust denying neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick has been quoted as saying that the core question will be not Greece, but Spain and Italy.

The 65th Festival de Cannes marred by a sexism row amid calls for more women directors.

The U.S. dollar’s status as a safe-haven currency in risk aversion mode gains momentum again, as investors avoid risky assets amid intensifying concerns over the euroarea crisis. Besides, other safe-haven currencies such as Japanese yen (JPY) and Swiss franc (CHF), which also attract investors’ attention in risk-off environment, seems to be out of favor as their respective central banks doesn’t intend to see them appreciate.

Greek government and Jews hit back at Golden Dawn's leader's denial of the Holocaust.

France's new Socialist President Francois Hollande met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and both leaders promised to work together to bring back growth in the recession-hit eurozone.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn strikes back against assault allegations by filing $1m countersuit against New York City hotel maid.

Conservative prime minister David Cameron's leadership has left 60 percent of voter dissatisfied with him, according to the latest Ipsos Mori, in his worst poll rating ever.