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Front-running Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte answers questions from the media following his meeting with some politicians who shifted political support to his camp Friday, April 29, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. Duterte is facing another controversy after allegedly failing to declare his P211 million Pesos ($4.5 million US Dollars) 2014 bank deposits as required by law. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Davao Duterte Philippine Elections Photos Wikipedia: Rodrigo Duterte presidential campaign, 2016

Austin American Statesman
Philippine campaign ends in panic as Trump-like mayor leads
A bruising presidential campaign is drawing to a close in the Philippines with a last-minute attempt by the president to unify candidates against a front-running mayor perceived as a threat to... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)

Former president Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria South Africa.

Mahmoud Abbas Nelson Mandela Palestine Photos Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela

Antiwar
The Spirit of Nelson Mandela in Palestine: Is His Real Legacy Being Upheld?
I had mixed feelings when I learned that Palestine has erected a statue of Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African anti-Apartheid leader. On the one hand, I was quite pleased that the unmistakable... (photo: Creative Commons / PHParsons)

Malcolm Turnbull comments after an Australian Liberal Party meeting where he has been elected at the new party leader at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015.

Sydney Morning Herald
Election 2016: The Political Logie Awards
It's going to be a big day. Not only is Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull all but certain to visit Governor-General Peter Cosgrove to officially pull the trigger on the 2016 election, it's also Logies... (photo: AP / Andrew Taylor)
Austrlian Parliament Elections Malcolm Turnbull Photos Political Logie Awards Wikipedia: Malcolm Turnbull

Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Sh Manohar Parrikar accompanied by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief , Western Air Command, Air Marshal SS Soman, during his visit to Air Force Station Hindan on Friday 02 January 2015

The Times of India
Mystery fire razed files, but Agusta papers survived
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said a CBI inquiry would be ordered into the "mysterious fire" that took place in the IAF records room just eight days after the Modi government came to... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
India CBI Manohar Parrikar Photos VVIP Wikipedia: Manohar Parrikar

Sadiq Khan, Labour Party candidate, speaks on the podium after hearing the results of the London mayoral elections, at City Hall in London, Saturday, May 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

BBC News
London mayor: The Sadiq Khan story
Labour's Sadiq Khan has been elected as London's new mayor - but who is the man who will be in charge of the UK's capital city for the next four years? Sadiq Khan's life... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Labour Party London Photos Sadiq Khan Wikipedia: Sadiq Khan

President Obama waves to the crowd at the Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba

Newsweek
Obama Tells Trump: 'This Is Not a Reality Show'
U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Friday that occupying the Oval Office "is not a reality show," in a swipe at outspoken Republican candidate Donald Trump who is... (photo: US DoS)
Barack Obama Donald Trump Photos Reality show Wikipedia: Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), addresses the Executive Committee meeting of the UNECE in Geneva, Switzerland.

Philadelphia Daily News
UN envoy warns that Iraq's political crisis helps extremists
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The top U.N. envoy in Iraq strongly urged the country's political leaders and civil society on Friday to work together to resolve the current... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré)
Iraq Political Crisis Islamic State Extremists Jan Kubis Photos Wikipedia: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Asia Times
The shifting contours of China’s maritime strategy
By Abhijit Singh Has there been a recent shift in China’s maritime strategy in the South China Sea? Has Beijing tempered its land reclamation and island building... (photo: AP / Rolex Dela Pena, Pool)
China Photos Spratly Islands Territorial Dispute Wikipedia: Spratly Islands dispute

President Dilma Rousseff next to the living - President Michel Temer, along with former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa Leticia. Brazil

Newsweek
Brazil President Rousseff a Step Closer to Removal
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Senate committee recommended on Friday that Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff be put on trial by the full chamber for breaking budget laws,... (photo: Creative Commons / Wilson Dias)
Dilma Rousseff Lula da Silva Photos Rousseff impeachment Wikipedia: Impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff

United Nations

	Papua New Guinea tells UN it accepts court decision on Manus Island illegality The Guardian
	North Korea To Convene First Congress Of Workers' Party In 36 Years WorldNews.com
	How do we make life better for people living as refugees for generations? The Guardian

Security Council

	'More than 50' IS mass graves found in Iraq, says UN envoy BBC News
	North Korea opens rare party congress Taipei Times
	U.S., Russia Agree To 48-Hour Ceasefire In Syria's Aleppo WorldNews.com

NATO

	Russia says bolstering forces to counter NATO Daily Star Lebanon
	Russia, NATO spar over maritime incidents in the Baltic Naples Daily News
	NATO expanding towards Russia frontiers: Lavrov Press TV

G8 Agenda

	Russia wants to keep contact with G8 nations Canoe
	Russia’s expulsion from G8 must be discussed: Cameron Khaleej Times
	Obama Administration pushing for exclusion of Russia from G8 The Examiner

Politics Headlines

One word – ‘yeah’ – could cost Thai woman 15 years in prison

TN needs a nationalist party: Venkaiah Naidu

Transgender in poll fray for first time

BJP keen on providing clean governance: Javadekar

Triangular contest in Nettapakkam

Raking up December floods concern for AIADMK

Elections Worldwide

AIADMK may steal a march on Cong in young seat of Ambattur

Refugees take centre stage in German politics

Meet the Democratic Liars Club

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at La Escuelita School in Oakland, Calif., Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Clinton calls on media to step up scrutiny of Trump

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, and his wife Jane Sanders, speaking with supporters at the Putting Families First Presidential Forum hosted by the CCI Action Fund at the First Christian Church in Des Moines, Iowa

Bernie Sanders Talks Poverty In McDowell County, West Virginia [Video]

Republican presidential candidates, from left, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, John Kasich and Rand Paul talk together following the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Why Kasich may be Trump’s running mate

Protesters try to block Trump in Washington Journal News
Trump takes aim at Clinton, questions Warren's heritage Journal News
Former President Bill Clinton delivers commencement address The Los Angeles Times
Sanders supporters sue over Nevada Democratic Party offices The Indiana Times
Trump blasts 'worst abuser of women' Bill Clinton in warning Belfast Telegraph
Organized opposition fails to push aside Highland Park schoo The Dallas Morning News
Arizona House kills bill to raise minimum wage AZ Central
'She was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler' The Times Picayune
Politics as Usual The Morning Call
Senators urge unity within fractured North Carolina Republic The Morning Call
Republican Nominee Could Have Huge Problems Already — Trump Inquisitr
Trump Doubles Down on Attacks on Clinton as 'Enabler' of Hus ABC News
Nyquist sweeps to Derby to stay unbeaten Dayton Daily News
US presidency not a reality show, Obama blasts Trump Arabnews
Elderly, disabled may vote online in a decade: Ex-CEC The Times of India
Hillary Clinton a ‘nasty’ enabler of husband’s infidelity The News Tribune
Tow truck service man ‘berns’ Bernie Sanders supporter The Examiner
Incumbents post early leads in Dripping Springs schools elec Austin American Statesman
Incumbents behind in Lakeway MUD election Austin American Statesman
Kentucky Derby 142: Maybe not historic, but still a great pa Lexington Herald-Leader

In Mecklenburg State Theatre Schwerin rehearses singer Ingeborg Otto, left, on Tuesday 27 June 2001, the role of Margot Honecker in the melodrama "A last tango for Margot H.".

Former East German first lady Margot Honecker dies in Chile

File - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry focused on Syria and Ukraine at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2016.

Putin, Abe Hold 'Constructive' Talks On Disputed Islands

IMF chief Christine Lagarde delivers a speech during the World Assembly for Women (WAW! Tokyo 2014) at Japan Business Federation in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. The head of the International Monetary Fund says equal opportunities and empowerment of women are crucial for driving a stronger global recovery, and for revitalizing Japan.

IMF threatens to pull out of Greek rescue

Smokers’ Corner: Bad leaf Dawn
Ranieri reveals politics almost made him quit management Goal
Border controls is a ‘political catastrophe’ for Europe Arabnews
Saudi-backed delegation pull out from Yemen peace talks Press TV
EU Referendum: David Cameron to put national security at hea The Independent
David Cameron to put national security at heart of pitch to Belfast Telegraph
Anti-government protest fills Warsaw's ceremonial boulevard Reuters
What are real challenges for Italian gov't? Topix
Khan sworn in as London mayor Otago Daily Times
Turkey’s European Mega-Mosque Complete, Erdogan To Preside O Breitbart
Poles hold large anti-government protest in favor of EU Tulsa World
More partying as Leicester collect Premier League trophy Independent Online
More partying as Leicester collects Premier League trophy Boston Herald
Huge anti-government protest fills Warsaw's ceremonial boule Indonesia News
Juncker says Italy-Austria border controls would be politica Press TV
3 journalists missing since July have been freed Dayton Daily News
Is Sadiq Khan the face of multicultural Britain? Al Jazeera
Leicester and Vardy throw the ultimate champions' party Goal
Nothing can spoil Leicester's title party, says Vardy Goal
Everyone can spin a victory as ‘Super Thursday’ fails to lan The Guardian

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, drinks water as German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference after a meeting in the guesthouse of the German government in Meseberg near Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

Abe, Merkel to further discuss fiscal spending

Minister Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, chief executive of the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program, addresses more than 250 village and district representatives from throughout Zabul province during a jirga held May 7 in the capital city of Qalat

Afghan President Nominates Defense, Intelligence Agency Ministers

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami sits inside a police van after he was sentenced to death for his role in the deaths of thousands of people during the nation's independence war against Pakistan in 1971, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.

Bangladesh Islamist leader Nizami to hang for 1971 war crimes

A Chinese Spring is, of course, probable, says this dissiden DNA India
Australia expected to kick off 2-month election campaign The Indiana Times
Scott Morrison: 'I won't apologise to Save the Children' The Guardian
China encourages more Chinese enterprises to invest in Chad: China Daily
Nepal cancels president’s visit to Delhi, recalls envoy Dawn
Of rogues and torture Dawn
$30 million plan to end Melbourne traffic snarls on busy Swa Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pakistan braces for next Panama Papers release as PM's child Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Kim Jong Un says Pyongyang won't use nukes first Dayton Daily News
At party congress, Kim Jong Un says Pyongyang won't use nuke Baltimore Sun
Kim Jong-un: the tyrant’s son who wants to be loved and fear The Observer
Philippines' 'Duterte Harry': the would-be president accused The Guardian
Philippines election: Populism, celebrity and ugly realities BBC News
Fifty years on, one of Mao’s ‘little generals’ exposes horro The Guardian
North Korea party to give Kim Jong Un top title at congress Topix
Ruling Party Set to Give Kim Jong-Un Top Title, Consolidate Sputnik
Philippine election could cause heartburn for its US ally Tulsa World
A billionaire and millionaire in the year of populism NZ Herald
Spy agencies are pushed to reveal extent of US surveillance NZ Herald
US in 'better place' than when he graduated college NZ Herald

Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi gives a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Teusday, Feb. 8, 2005.

Saudi Arabia sacks oil minister Ali al-Naimi in government shake-up

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his statement at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.

Turkish president stands firm on terror laws

File - Karim Wasfi, center, the chief conductor and director of the Iraqi National Symphonic Orchestra, takes part in an anti-Iraqi government protest in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015.

Baghdad on Lockdown as Anti-government Protesters Gather

Saudi energy minister is believer in reform and low oil pric Arabnews
Tim Jordan has narrow lead in Hutto council race Austin American Statesman
Iran’s senior official condemns terrorists’ occupation of Sy Press TV
Saudi Arabia ousts longtime oil minister Topix
Saudi oil minister sacked in government shake-up Topix
Spanish government says three journalists who went missing i Arizona Daily Star
Maryam Rajavi hails Iran’s political prisoners and teachers NCRI
Saudi oil minister removed in overhaul The Telegraph India
US getting tougher with Israel over settlements NZ Herald
Saudis Change Course on Oil Markets, Embrace Reform Minister Newsweek
Are We There Yet? Inquisitr
Syria, Assad and Arab politics in Israel The Jerusalem Post
Egyptian court seeks death penalty against three journalists The Guardian
New Saudi oil minister is believer in reform and low oil pri The Times of India
Saudi Arabia sacks oil minister Ali al-Naimi: 10 steps it pl Yahoo Daily News
New Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih was longtime Saudi Aramc Arabnews
Saudi Oil Minister Replaced After Over 20 Years at Helm The Street
Why September 11 Tragedy Traces Back to Saudi Arabia Sputnik
Iran Nuclear Deal Pushed By Misleading Media According To Ob Inquisitr
‘More Than 50’ Mass Graves Found In Former ISIS Territory In Inquisitr

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff blows kisses towards supporters during the May Day rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, May 1, 2016.

Dilma Rousseff: The fighter fights on

Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and President of the Security Council for February, addresses the Council’s debate on “Respect for the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as a key element for the maintenance of international peace and security”.

Venezuela accuses U.S. of conspiring to topple Nicolás Maduro

Brazil's President of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha speaks during a press conference in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 5, 2016.

Brazil's high court suspends house speaker, foe of president

Crises in Brazil, Venezuela threaten Nicaragua projects The Times of India
Soldier who tortured Brazil president in 1970s dies Dawn
Margot Honecker, the 'Purple Witch' of East Germany, dies ag The Daily Telegraph
Brazil committee votes to try Rousseff Taipei Times
Saudi Arabia sacks oil minister in government shake-up Al Jazeera
Key arrest made in Panama Papers case The Columbus Dispatch
Latin America may recover sooner than expected The Miami Herald
Senate committee recommends Rousseff be put on trial Reuters
Governments have wanted the Overseas Investment Office to be Topix
The Panama Papers New Zealand link revealed Stuff
Rio security head says $550 million budget cut poses risk to Denver Post
The Next US Coup in Latin America: Obama Takes Aim Information Clearing House
Brazil Senate Committee Votes for Rousseff to Stand Trial Voa News
AP Interview: Rio security head says cuts impact Olympics Springfield News-Sun
A brief guide to a big political mess The Washington Post
Indonesian ambassador presents credentials to Venezuelan pre Indonesia News
Panama money laundering story Dayton Daily News
How We Got Here -- Where We're Going NDTV
Brazil senate committee backs Dilma Rousseff trial BBC News
Colombia arrests alleged big money launderer from Panama Orange County Register

Child on mothers back in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya.

Kenya to close refugee camps, displacing more than 600,000

Migrants sit on the deck of the Belgian Navy vessel Godetia after they were saved at sea during a search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coasts, Wednesday, June 24, 2015.

Italy rescues nearly 1,800 migrants in Mediterranean

In this photo taken on Sunday, March 20, 2016, Congo soldiers and civilians queue up to cast their ballots, at a polling station, in Brazzaville, Congo.

Moise Katumbi announces DR Congo presidency bid

Thousands protest against axing of Mauritania senate Modern Ghana
Oba Of Benin Must Be Respected With His Head Buried In Ile-i Modern Ghana
Kenya’s Auditor General and the Corruption in Liberia: An In Modern Ghana
Prof. Gyampo, the NPP Boycott is about Social Justice Modern Ghana
4,029 Ghost teachers found on government payroll - Graphic O Modern Ghana
RE---Ghana: lessons from Nkrumah’s fallout with his economic Modern Ghana
Ghana Youth For Development And Accountability(gyoda) Cautio Modern Ghana
Suhum MCE Magoo Flees From Church as Eastern Regional Minist Modern Ghana
Egypt court recommends death for 2 Al-Jazeera employees Stars and Stripes
On the frontline of Africa’s wildlife wars The Guardian
Effective packaging, critical to quality products - Minister Modern Ghana
Seeing President Mugabe’s Frailty, Zimbabwe Braces for Turmo New York Times
6 sentenced to death in Egypt for documents leak Boston Herald
&#39Small islands have big ideas,' Ban says in Seychelles, c United Nations
Nation in Deep Crisis, Warns Former Justice Minister Topix
Two journalists and four others sentenced to death in Egypt Sydney Morning Herald
Al Jazeera's Ibrahim Hilal slams Egypt death verdict Al Jazeera
Tripoli cafes offer Libyans a taste of normality amid unrest Taipei Times
Editorials from around New England The Miami Herald
Crack whip on registration criminal offenders — CODEO Graphic

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