RANGOON, Myanmar, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A U.N. envoy has tried to encourage talks between Myanmar opposition leaders and the country's military rulers, a U.N. spokesman said.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 19 (UPI) -- Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe say four activists and the wife of Harare's mayor, an opposition member, were found dead Thursday as the runoff election nears.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 30 (UPI) -- A former U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe hailed a decision by the ruling ZANU-PF party to release opposition members from custody but warned of further crackdowns.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 25 (UPI) -- Police raided the headquarters of Zimbabwe's main opposition party in Harare Friday, with hundreds arrested, a party spokesman said.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 20 (UPI) -- The opposition party in Zimbabwe's contentious presidential election said Sunday police arrested dozens of its members.
YANGON, Myanmar, March 7 (UPI) -- Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N. special envoy, arrived Thursday in Myanmar for another effort to get the military junta to talk to its opposition.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The chief prosecutor at Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals filed suit Friday to abolish a pro-Kurdish political party amid tensions with Kurdish rebels.
YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with supporters after three years of house arrest and voiced optimism on reconciliation with military rulers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The United States has condemned the arrests of pro-democracy activists in Myanmar during the weekend, a State Department spokesman said Monday.
BANGKOK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Saturday he was open to discussing the ongoing violence in Myanmar with the international community.
TBILISI, Georgia, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Nearly 10,000 people held a peaceful rally Saturday in Tbilisi, Georgia, in a call for early elections of the president and parliament.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Ethiopian government has pardoned 31 Coalition for Unity and Democracy members after each admitted to taking part in post-election violence years ago.
MBABANE, Swaziland, April 13 (UPI) -- Six members of a banned political party in Swaziland have been arrested for carrying "seditious" pamphlets during a pro-democracy demonstration. The demonstration at five western border posts with South Africa was held on the anniversary of a 1973 royal d
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun threw another political curve at his Uri party Monday, saying in a letter he had no intention of resigning.
BANGKOK, June 28 (UPI) -- The attorney general of Thailand has indicted the country's ruling and main opposition parties for alleged electoral violations.
