Turkey

Turkish PM Davutoglu formally resigns ahead of new government

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday (June 9) to present his formal resignation following Sunday’s

9 June 2015

Spain

Spain's Podemos tackles first major crisis after co-founder Monedero resigns

The resignation of the co-founder of Podemos has plunged Spain’s young left-wing party into its first serious crisis in an important election year

1 May 2015

Sport

Bayern Munich tensions

Bayern Munich’s long-time team doctor Hans Mueller-Wohlfahrt has surprisingly resigned following the club’s Champions League loss to Porto. According

17 April 2015

Ukraine

Ukraine's oligarchs clash, president wrests control of business interests from governor

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of Ihor Kolomoiskiy, the oligarch governor of Dnipropetrovsk, a key region in the

25 March 2015

Italy

Italy: Transport minister resigns amid major corruption scandal

Maurizio Lupi has resigned as Italy’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister in the wake of the biggest corruption scandal of its kind since the early

20 March 2015

USA

Ferguson police chief quits after federal report into Michael Brown shooting

The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri has become the latest official to resign following last year’s fatal shooting of the unarmed black teenager

12 March 2015

Netherlands

Two Dutch ministers quit over drug compensation scandal

Two Dutch ministers have resigned over a compensation payment to a drug trafficker. Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten and his Secretary of State Fred

10 March 2015

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International Women's Day in the Philippines

8 March 2015

Yemen

Yemen on edge after leader resigns

Yemen teeters on the edge of chaos following the resignation of the embattled president on Thursday. Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi blamed the Houthi

23 January 2015

Yemen

Yemen's president resigns after standoff with Houthi rebels

Yemen’s embattled president has resigned, giving up on his two year mission to steer the country to stability. Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said he had

22 January 2015

Italy

Date set for retirement of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano

After two terms in office, Italy's 89-year-old head of state will officially stand down on January 14

13 January 2015

Italy

Italian President announces retirement, setting challenge for government

Giorgio Napolitano confirms he is to quit as Italy's president setting PM Renzi a major challenge to find a consensus replacement

1 January 2015

Haiti

Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigns

Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced his resignation on Sunday in the wake of widespread anti-government protests in the capital

14 December 2014

USA

Hagel resignation viewed as inevitable by some

25 November 2014

USA

Obama accepts Chuck Hagel's resignation from defence post

25 November 2014

USA

Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel resigns

24 November 2014

USA

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns

24 November 2014

World

Campaoré's 27 year hold on Burkina Fasso ends

31 October 2014

Cyprus

Cyprus central bank governor resigns

10 March 2014

Cyprus

Cyprus to re-submit privatisation bill to parliament

28 February 2014