Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy to become France's next president.
Syrians were voting on Monday in the first 'multiparty' parliamentary elections in five decades, being held against a backdrop of violence and dismissed as a sham by the opposition.
The Chinese activist detained for helping blind legal campaigner Chen Guangcheng escape from house arrest said Monday she believed he would be allowed to leave the country for the United States.
A new online video shows 70-year-old American hostage Warren Weinstein, speaking desperately to get President Obama to agree to the group's demands. Also, another al-Qaeda leader was killed in a drone strike in Yemen.
Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia's president for a third term after four years as prime minister. Putin was first elected president in 2000 and the new six-year term will keep him in power until 2018.
A protest demonstration in Moscow by at least 20,000 people, on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president, boiled over into a battle with police after protesters tried to split off from the approved venue and march to the Kremlin.
Overseas markets are already down after leaders are voted out of office.
Banny Lam says China wants more liberalization of imports from the U.S., and that will benefit domestic consumption.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers weigh in on the future of Afghanistan as U.S. troops withdraw.
Rep. Peter King weighs in on the prospects of trial for detainees.
Vice President Joe Biden says he believes that Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng's future is in the United States. He has an invitation to come to New York University.
Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen breaks down what U.S.-Afghanistan relations will be after the majority of our troops leave in 2014.
Authors Peter Kiernan and Gordon Chang on the social and economic problems affecting China.