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Parliament elections begin in Kuwait amid hopes of ending stalemate
Voters on Tuesday will head to the polls in Kuwait’s seventh legislative election in just over a decade, following repeated political crises that have ... Gulf -
Istanbul students protest at Turkey’s top university despite ban after Erdogan win
Students and academics protested at Turkey’s top university Friday, defying a ban on the near 900-day strike imposed after President Recep Tayyip ... Middle East -
Turkish opposition leader sues Erdogan for $50,000 over ‘fake video’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s election rival has lodged a $50,000 lawsuit against the Turkish leader for airing a campaign video linking the ... Middle East -
UK Conservatives suffering ‘terrible’ night with local election losses
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results with voters punishing his party over political ... World News -
Turkey’s Erdogan cancels campaign appearances after off-camera illness
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled three scheduled campaign appearances less than a month before high-stakes elections after falling ill ... Middle East -
Trump charged with 34 felony counts, pleads not guilty in historic US case
Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he ... World News -
Trump to appear in court in historic US first
Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday and is set to be formally charged, ... World News -
Iraq changes electoral laws, sparking anger from opposition
Iraq’s parliament voted Monday to restore electoral laws that were scrapped after 2019 anti-government demonstrations, sparking anger from independent ... Middle East -
Trump, lawyers sanctioned over $937,000 for ‘inadequate’ lawsuit against Clinton
A federal judge on Thursday ordered former US President Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in sanctions for suing former ... World News -
Biden says he ‘can beat former US President Donald Trump again in a 2024 rematch
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday voiced confidence that he could beat his predecessor Donald Trump in a 2024 rematch -- even as he acknowledged the ... World News -
UN chief issues call for ‘inclusive government’ after Lebanon vote
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Lebanon to form an “inclusive government” to tackle the country's economic crisis, after elections ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s upcoming elections: Hezbollah opponents vow to end its ‘domination’
Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary vote is being anxiously awaited by most of the Lebanese and the international community hoping that its outcome would ... Features -
UN official: Libya elections could be rescheduled for June
A senior UN official said she is pushing for Libya to hold elections by June after the county missed a December deadline to elect its first president ... North Africa -
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi registers as Libyan presidential candidate: Election official
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, registered on Sunday as a presidential candidate for the December 24 election, an ... North Africa -
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says will not take part in elections: Statement
Populist Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Thursday he will not take part in elections in October and withdrew his support from the government ... Middle East -
Iran says US criticism of election is interference in its affairs
Iran accused the United States on Tuesday of interference for saying its presidential election on Friday was neither free nor fair, Iranian state ... Middle East -
Iran’s Khamenei hails election win as victory over ‘enemy propaganda’
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday hailed a presidential election won by an ultraconservative as a victory for the nation over ... Middle East -
US-sanctioned judge Ebrahim Raisi named new Iran president
Iran’s ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi won 62 percent of the presidential election votes counted so far, officials said Saturday after Raisi’s ... Middle East -
Iran elections: Ebrahim Raisi, judge under US sanctions, set to take over presidency
Iranians voted on Friday in a presidential election likely to be won by a hardline judge subject to US sanctions, though many are expected to ignore ... Middle East -
Two heads, other human remains left at Mexico polling station in Tijuana
Two heads and other human remains were left at polling stations in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during elections on Sunday, authorities reported ... World News -
Iran's Khamenei backs decision excluding moderate, conservative candidates
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei supported a watchdog body’s disqualification of leading moderate and conservative candidates seeking to run in the ... Middle East -
Polls open across Syria for presidential elections
Polling stations opened on Wednesday across Syria in a presidential election that is set to usher Bashar al-Assad into a fourth term in office.The ... Middle East -
Iran approves seven candidates for presidential elections, bars prominent hopefuls
Iran’s election watchdog has approved seven candidates to run in next month’s presidential elections, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, barring ... Middle East -
Iran judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi registers to run for presidential election
Iran’s powerful judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi registered on Saturday to run in the country’s presidential election next month.For the latest headlines ... Middle East -
UK PM Johnson’s party win election for parliament seat
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won an election for a new member of parliament in the northern English town of Hartlepool, breaking labor’s decades ... World News -
Chile president proposes delaying election on new constitution due to COVID-19
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday proposed delaying elections that will choose a commission to rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era ... Coronavirus -
Merkel’s CDU suffers defeats in two key regional votes
Germany’s Christian Democrats suffered embarrassing defeats in two key regional votes on Sunday after a muddled coronavirus response, dealing a ... World News -
Western Australia re-elects Labor party in landslide vote over handling of COVID-19
Voters in Australia’s westernmost state have returned their center-left government to power in an “unparalleled” landslide, demonstrating popular ... Coronavirus -
Palestine reports 93 pct voter registration for long-awaited elections
Fifteen years after Palestinians last went to the polls, some 93 percent of eligible voters in the West Bank and Gaza have registered for long-awaited ... Middle East -
Ugandan troops block US ambassador from entering opposition leader Wine’s home
The United States ambassador in Kampala was blocked by security personnel from visiting opposition leader Bobi Wine at his residence, prompting the ... World News