Fresh off a decisive election victory, Japan’s leader pledged Monday to tackle what he called Japan’s two national crises: the military threat from North Korea and an aging and shrinking population.
Read moreA presidential bid by a celebrity Russian TV host drew conflicting reaction from the country’s beleaguered opposition Thursday, with some accusing her of playing into the Kremlin’s hands and others welcoming her move.
Read moreHundreds of candidates took to the streets Tuesday as the official 12-day campaigning period for Japan’s Oct. 22 lower house election kicked off, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party facing challenges from regrouped opposition forces.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden hit the campaign trail Tuesday for Doug Jones, a rare Democrat who may have a shot at the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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In a surprise announcement, Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee says he will not seek re-election.
Read moreKenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says the Supreme Court decision to nullify the presidential election has put on trial international observers “who moved fast to sanitize fraud.”
Read moreA non-profit government watchdog and six Georgia voters are asking a state court judge to throw out the results of last month’s high-profile special election in the state’s Sixth Congressional District.
Read moreFrench President Emmanuel Macron is poised to rearrange his Cabinet after his new centrist party engineered a landslide in the country’s parliamentary election, enabling the government to quickly start passing its first big laws.
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French voters stayed away from the polls in large numbers Sunday in the first round of a legislative election expected to deliver a comfortable majority for newly elected President Emmanuel Macron to make good on his promises of far-reaching change for France.
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Britain voted Thursday in an election that started out as an attempt by Prime Minister Theresa May to increase her party’s majority in Parliament ahead of Brexit negotiations but was upended by terror attacks in Manchester and London during the campaign’s closing days.
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Republican Greg Gianforte won Thursday’s special election for its one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives despite being charged with assaulting a reporter this week.
Read moreA new federal lawsuit involving a contentious Montana judicial race last year claims an investigation into campaign statements is having a chilling effect on one of the candidate’s ability to defend himself in disciplinary proceedings.
Read moreExtremism concerns shook France’s presidential campaign Tuesday as authorities announced arrests in what they said was a thwarted attack.
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Turkey’s main opposition party on Monday urged the country’s electoral board to cancel the results of a landmark referendum that granted sweeping new powers to the nation’s president, citing what it called substantial voting irregularities.
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French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron wants to hold discussions with U.S. social media groups about how to halt the spread of “Islamist propaganda.”
Read moreThere’s no doubt that an extreme-right French group known for violence and large doses of anti-Semitism doesn’t like journalists or the establishment.
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Leftist candidate Lenin Moreno appeared to have won Ecuador’s presidential election but his opposition rival refused to recognize the results, calling on his supporters to take to the streets to guard against fraud.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who failed the year’s first litmus test for populism in Europe.
Read morePrime Minister Mark Rutte and anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders cast Wednesday’s Dutch parliamentary elections as a litmus test for populism in Europe, only months ahead of crucial votes in France and Germany.
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