Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to ...

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyers say, as he shows up to a Paris prison to serve a five-year sentence, that they've ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday on the first day of a five-year sentence, marking the first time a former leader of modern France has spent time behind ...

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to ...

After an historic defeat for the long-dominant political left, two candidates have promised a new pro-market direction.

Sanae Takaichi, who calls herself Japan's Margaret Thatcher, stitched up a late night deal to secure her appointment as PM.

WOULD LOVE SOME ANSWERS: Congressional Democrats have two big questions for the IRS right now: how the agency is handling ...

The hard-right Sanae Takaichi is now almost certain to become prime minister after her Liberal Democratic Party agreed to a coalition deal with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party ...

Israel strikes targets in Gaza and halts the arrival of aid after it said Hamas militants fired on Israeli troops.

Japan's likely next prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, plans to appoint former minister Satsuki Katayama as the first female finance minister, broadcaster FNN said, underscoring the ...