Venezuela‘s president has raised the country’s minimum wage by 300 per cent as part of routine wage increases as his government battles hyperinflation. Nicolas Maduro increased the minimum wage to 18,000 bolivars, around £5.20, per month amid an economy suffering from annual inflation...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to secure the support of 151 MPs from Greece’s 300-seat legislature late Wednesday, avoiding snap elections and clearing the way for the ratification of an agreement ending a dispute over Macedonia’s name. Tsipras was forced to call for the vote...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasimi has condemned the arrest of Iranian journalist Marzieh Hashemi by the U.S. authorities, calling for her immediate release. In a Wednesday statement carried by Iranian state television, Qasimi alleged that Hashemi had been subjected to...

Amid mounting pressure on the ruling military junta to set a date for general elections in Thailand, the chief of the country's powerful army has warned pro-democracy activists of "not crossing the line". The warning comes as the country saw Sunday biggest pro-democracy protests in years...