McFarland was nominated by US President Donald Trump as the United States' next ambassador to Singapore.
The Governor General of Canada broke royal protocol by touching the arm of Britains Queen Elizabeth during an engagement in London.
The former Republican presidential candidate is currently reviewing further treatment options after his diagnosis on 14 July. When McCains office announced the news on 20 July, the 80-year-old received support from numerous people across the US political spectrum, including Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Kovind for his win at the Presidential polls 2017.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published an analysis of the repeal bill that would eliminate many Obamacare provisions. The CBO report estimates that 27 million more Americans will be uninsured by the year 2020 than under Obamacare. This number would rise to 32 million by 2026.
From Dwayne The Rock Johnson to Caitlyn Jenner, some showbiz stars could be entering politics soon.
US presidents are no strangers to scandals. Now, as Donald Trumps links with Russia continue to dominate the headlines worldwide, we take a look back at some of biggest scandals to rock the Oval Office in recent years, ranging from Watergate to the current day.
The U.S. president admitted that the government will probably let Obamacare fail after the latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a second undisclosed meeting at the G20 summit that reportedly lasted for an hour. The only other person at the meeting on the sidelines of the gathering of world leaders in Hamburg was Putins official interpreter, according to Reuters.
The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) says its report was based on interviews with 375 North Korean defectors from the isolated state over a period of two years.
Winnie the Pooh is in trouble with the Chinese censors. Gif images containing the bear and his friends were removed from Chinese social media, including WeChat and Weibo.
Although, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) identified the politician only by the initials "SN", but, the local media took it to be Setya Novanto, speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR).
British and European Union envoys began on July 17 a first round of negotiations on Britains divorce from the EU. Talks to decide the terms of the divorce will last until Britain leaves, deal or no deal, on March 30, 2019.
An all-girl Afghan robotics team arrived at Kabul airport on Thursday (July 13) to receive their US visas and head to the first International Robot Olympics in Washington after they had twice been denied entry to the United States.
One year after the failed coup Turks gathered for a commemorative event in Istanbul. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan opened a memorial on 15 July Martyrs Bridge.More than 240 people died before the military coup was shut down. A far-reaching crackdown after the coup has impacted Turkish society. Around 150,000 people were fired and 50,000 detained for having a supposed connection to the coup. Critics accuse Erdogan of using the state of emergency to target opposition leaders and journalists.