Asia

Benigno Aquino III was elected President of the Philippines.

Chinese leader and Taiwanese president, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, formally meet, the first time any leader of their respective countries met since 1949.

Protests erupted in Hong Kong after proposed new electoral reforms prompted concerns of growing mainland Chineseinfluence in the politics of the island.

Following the fallout caused by the Execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Saudi Shia cleric, Saudi Arabia and its allies severed their diplomatic relations with Iran.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, won a landslide victory in India’s general election, the first time BJP gained a majority since 1984.

The NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won a sweeping victory in Myanmar’s first openly contested election since 1990.