Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down Tuesday following more than a month of protests. The protesters are celebrating, but the protests seem likely to continue.
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Today NFK looks at three very different recent or upcoming changes in leadership in Europe and Asia.
Today NewsForKids.net takes a look at three big stories in the news this weekend: flooding in the US Midwest, the final Mueller report, and protests against Brexit.
The people in the town of Fall River, Massachusetts voted last Tuesday to remove Jasiel Correia II as town mayor. Strangely enough, at the same time they also voted to re-elect Mr. Correia.
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union was voted down last night, leaving the country with no clear plan of action just 17 days before the deadline.
Tens of thousands of people have been marching in Algeria. They are protesting because President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has led the country for the last 20 years, says he's running for president again.
An important meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ended suddenly on Thursday when both sides decided they could not agree.
Nigeria's elections, which were delayed by a week and troubled by violence, have ended with the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Voters on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have voted against allowing the US to build a new military base to replace an old one. The Japanese prime minister says the base will be built anyway.
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to get money to build a wall between the US and Mexico. This unusual move is testing the US system of government.
On Tuesday, the country of Macedonia officially changed its name to North Macedonia. The change seems small, but it solves a problem that has been going on for almost 30 years.