Rwanda鈥檚 Kagame wins fourth term
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was gearing up for a fourth term in office on Tuesday after winning a 99.15 per cent of the vote in an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him....
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Trump formally named Republican candidate, picks Vance for VP
Donald Trump won formal nomination Monday as the Republican presidential candidate for the upcoming US elections and picked a right-wing loyalist JD Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt.
Rwanda goes to polls as Paul Kagame set to extend rule
Rwandans began voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday, with the African nation鈥檚 leader Paul Kagame set to extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years....
Donald Trump returns to campaign trail
Donald Trump, 78, returns to the campaign trail on Monday as the star of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.....
Alleged Trump shooter filmed on roof: TMZ video
A man with a rifle in hand lays on his stomach on a rooftop, then screams ring out, a video published by US outlet TMZ on Saturday shows....
Former US president Donald Trump injured in assassination bid
Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an apparent assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally on Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident that fueled tensions ahead of the United States presidential election...
French PM gets party backing for re-election
France鈥檚 prime minister on Saturday was elected leader of his party鈥檚 National Assembly lawmakers as politicians from all sides jockeyed for position to form the next government...
Opposition wins 10 seats, BJP 2 in Indian by-polls
The opposition INDIA bloc won 10 of the 13 seats that went to polls across seven states, backing up their strong show in the Indian Lok Sabha elections.
Elon Musk donates to Trump campaign
Billionaire Elon Musk has donated to a super political action committee working to elect Donald Trump to the White House, a major gambit by the world鈥檚 richest person to make his imprint on the US political landscape, reports Bloomberg....
Republicans to anoint Donald Trump at party convention
Donald Trump will next week receive the Republicans鈥� official blessing to run for president....
French PM for preventing formation of extremist government
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Friday that he hoped to prevent a government with far right or far left members being formed after an inconclusive snap election....
Syria to hold parliamentary election Monday
Campaign posters have sprung up across Damascus as Syria prepares to hold a parliamentary election in government-held areas on Monday that is designed to renew the ruling Baath party鈥檚 grip on power....
Biden holds high-stakes news conference
US President Joe Biden will give his first press conference since his debate disaster against Donald Trump on Thursday....
Clooney, Democrats pressurise Biden to quit
A Democratic senator on Wednesday called on US President Joe Biden to ditch his reelection bid, capping a brutal day that saw mounting pressure from high-profile actor and donor George Clooney and party heavyweight Nancy Pelosi....
Lankan president鈥檚 election dilemmas
THE deadline for presidential elections is fast approaching and the Election Commissioner will be empowered to declare the date of the election on July 17, just over a week from now. The election rallies are becoming larger and feistier. The two main opposition parties are showing their growing strength in the numbers attending their...
Inner democratic contradiction
ARE elections overplayed as a tool of representative democracy, as some claim? Or they are about getting past the post in each seat making the issue of public representation fluid but keeping a system going which many are used to and comfortable...
Trump torches Biden in Florida
Former US President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of invective against US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, mercilessly assailing the embattled Democrat as he faces down calls to end his re-election bid after a disastrous debate performance....
ACC seeks NID, passport details of Matiur, family
The Anti-Corruption Commission sent letters to the Election Commission and the Department of Immigration and Passports on Tuesday seeking information about the national identity cards and...
French parties scramble for influence after election
French parties sought to project strength and gather allies on Tuesday, with the government adrift following an election in which no one political force claimed a clear majority...
Parties scramble for influence in France after inconclusive vote
Political parties in France sought to project strength and gather allies on Tuesday, with the government adrift following a Sunday parliamentary election in which no one force claimed a clear majority...
French left defeats far right in election upset
France was faced with an unsettling political vacuum Monday after snap elections called by President聽 Emmanuel Macron to reshape the political landscape failed to clear...
France votes as far right eyes power
France went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a historic election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided...
Overseas territories kick off France vote
France on Saturday prepared for its most consequential legislative election of recent times, with residents of overseas territories opening voting for a poll expected to...
After defeat, Conservative Party warned of extinction
Britain鈥檚 Conservative Party, thrashed by Labour at the general election, on Saturday faced the task of rebuilding as leading right wingers warned it could face...
Pound climbs after Labour election win
The pound advanced Friday after Britain鈥檚 centre-left Labour Party clinched an expected landslide election victory to end 14 years of right-wing...
UK Labour鈥檚 landslide comes with its own perils: experts
Labour on Friday secured a huge majority in the UK鈥檚 general election, giving it a massive mandate but also a few headaches once celebrations die down.
Tension mounts as French election campaign comes to an end
Tensions mounted on Friday as France鈥檚 election campaign came to an end ahead of a one-day pause and then a historic run-off vote that could paralyse government or see the far right sweep to power....
Sunak to step down as party leader
Rishi Sunak said he would step down as party leader on Friday as he apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the UK general election....
Biden seeks campaign reset with TV interview
US President Joe Biden is hoping a televised interview on Friday will steady his imperilled re-election bid....
Polls open for Iran鈥檚 runoff presidential election
Polls opened on Friday for Iran鈥檚 runoff presidential election, the interior ministry said, pitting reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a May helicopter crash....